Baptized children living with non-member parent or foster family

What is the best way to list the membership record for a baptized child who is living with a non-member parent or is in foster care with non-members? Make the child the head of household? Is there any way to attach information to the record so that the new unit will understand the situation? Maybe flag the membership record to contact prior Bishop? These girls were baptized while in foster care in an LDS home with permission of the birth mother. Now one of them is in a different foster home and the other is with her birth mother in a different city with no known address or contact information.

Yes, the child should be the head of household. There isn't any way to attach notes to a record. Using the 'contact prior Bishop' is an option or someone in your ward may want to just contact the new bishop directly to make sure it gets done.

jlbaker wrote:What is the best way to list the membership record for a baptized child who is living with a non-member parent or is in foster care with non-members? Make the child the head of household?

Yes. Since there are no other members in the household, and you can't create a non-member record, you have no choice.

More information at Make Changes to Member Households: "In certain cases the head of household may also be another member parent, a single adult member, or a member child whose parents are not members."

jlbaker wrote:Is there any way to attach information to the record so that the new unit will understand the situation? Maybe flag the membership record to contact prior Bishop?

You'll have to do the latter if you're the one moving it out.

jlbaker wrote:Maybe flag the membership record to contact prior Bishop?

What about contacting the new bishop or clerk to explain the situation and then moving the record?