Agency properly awarded foster custody of child under subsection (a)(2) where evidence, including mother’s incarceration and drug abuse, supported finding that it was not reasonably foreseeable that child could be reunited with mother no later than three years after award of custody to agency. 89 H. 477 (App.), 974 P.2d 1067.

Subsection (a)(2) does not apply to reunification efforts per se, but establishes the period of time which must be taken into account in predicting when a safe home will become available for the purpose of determining whether parental rights should be terminated. 89 H. 477 (App.), 974 P.2d 1067.

Nothing in chapter 587 precludes settlement of a proceeding brought under this section. 90 H. 200 (App.), 978 P.2d 166.