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DA Form 7666 is the Army's Parental Consent form for Family Care Plans. It records both parents' agreement on who cares for their child while the soldier is away. This page offers a fillable PDF and a line by line filling guide.
DA Form 7666, titled Parental Consent, is a one page Army form on which a soldier and the child's other parent put their shared plan for the child's care in writing. It names the person who looks after the child while the soldier is deployed or on temporary duty.
The form belongs to the Family Care Plan, the set of papers in which a soldier's household sets out who cares for the children when duty takes the soldier away. The Privacy Act Statement on DA Form 7666 (JUL 2020) gives the form's purpose: to record the agreement of both parents with their child's custodial arrangement as documented in the Family Care Plan. In the form, the parents agree that each will cooperate with any further paperwork needed to give the temporary guardian physical custody, according to DA Form 7666 (JUL 2020).
According to the Army Publishing Directorate, DA Forms index, DA Form 7666 is an active form dated 07/01/2020, and its proponent is G-1, the Army's personnel staff. Check that index for the current edition before you print an older copy you saved months ago.
These short definitions explain the words you will meet on the form, so each line is easy to fill in.
The DA Form 7666 PDF is available in two places: the Army Publishing Directorate (APD) website, which publishes official Department of the Army forms, and the fillable template on this page.
The Army Publishing Directorate, DA Forms index lists the form under the title Parental Consent. Searchers often type "army apd" to reach that site. Its forms list is long, so search the page for the form number.
The FormsPal template opens the same form in your browser. You type each line, save the filled PDF, then print it for signing. If you prefer paper, print a blank copy and write your answers in ink.
Other Army forms in fillable versions are collected on our U.S. Army forms page.
The Army parental consent form is used when a soldier prepares a Family Care Plan and the child's two parents need to agree in writing on who cares for the child during the soldier's absence.
DA Form 7666 (JUL 2020) names AR 600-20, Army Command Policy, as the regulation for its use, with DCS, G-1 as its proponent. Your unit's Family Care Plan coordinator confirms whether your own packet needs a parental consent form.
It answers one question only: who has the child while the soldier is gone. The rest of the plan, such as money, travel to the guardian and the child's documents, sits on other pages of the FCP packet.
DA Form 7666 is one of several Army forms for family care. The Army Publishing Directorate, DA Forms index lists these related forms, all dated 07/01/2020 with G-1 as proponent:
| Form | Title in the Army Publishing Directorate, DA Forms index | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| DA Form 5304 | Family Care Plan Counseling Checklist | The counseling a soldier receives about the plan |
| DA Form 5305 | Family Care Plan | The main plan for the household |
| DA Form 7666 | Parental Consent | Both parents' agreement on the guardian |
| DA Form 7667 | Family Care Plan Preliminary Screening | The first screening of a soldier's family situation |
| DA Form 5840 | Certificate of Acceptance as Guardian or Escort | The guardian's or escort's own acceptance of the role |
| DA Form 5841 | Power of Attorney | The Army's power of attorney form, from the same G-1 set |
Your unit tells you which of these forms your own packet includes. Ask before you fill anything out, so you do not prepare a page your situation does not call for.
The parental consent form is short, and gathering a few details first lets you fill it in one sitting. Keep this list next to you while you work.
Check every name and date for accuracy, and make sure each one matches the IDs of the people who will sign. A spelling difference is easy to fix before you print.
To fill out DA Form 7666, enter the parents' and child's names, describe where the child lives now, initial the duty option that fits, name the guardian, then have both parents sign.
Open the fillable template on this page, or print a blank copy. DA Form 7666 (JUL 2020) has lines for one child, so prepare a separate form for each child.
Read the Privacy Act Statement
The statement under the form's headline explains why the Army collects the details you give. Read it before you start writing.
Enter the Parents' and the Child's Names
The first part of the form has lines for the soldier's name, the other parent's name and the child's name. The first line is for the soldier, the second is for the other parent and the third is for the child. Next to the child's name, enter the child's date of birth and place of birth.
Describe Where the Child Lives Now
Write the name of the parent the child lives with now and that parent's location on the lines provided.
Initial the Option for Deployment or Temporary Duty
DA Form 7666 (JUL 2020) prints two paragraphs. Paragraph "a" says the soldier may have to perform temporary duty, be deployed or otherwise not be available to care for the child. Paragraph "b" says the soldier has been notified of a temporary deployment and has a line for its estimated length.
The form asks you to "Initial appropriate paragraph", so initial only the one that fits, according to DA Form 7666 (JUL 2020).
Name the Guardian
In the line that refers to the attached DA Form 5305, enter the full name of the person who will serve as the child's temporary physical guardian. On the next line, enter where the child will reside during that period.
Sign the Form
By signing, each parent consents to the arrangements in the attached Family Care Plan and this agreement, according to DA Form 7666 (JUL 2020). Under the soldier's signature and under the other parent's signature, DA Form 7666 (JUL 2020) prints a separate notary acknowledgment block (state, county, date, notary public signature and commission expiry date), so each parent signs before a notary public, who completes the block under that parent's signature. The two parents may sign before different notaries, as each block stands alone on DA Form 7666 (JUL 2020).
Hand In the Form with Your Packet
Hand the signed and notarized form to your unit with the rest of your Family Care Plan packet. Keep a copy for yourself before you hand in the original.
Most problems with a parental consent form come from small gaps: a missing initial, a name that does not match an ID, or one form used for two children.
These short answers cover questions readers ask about the parental consent form, from related forms to filling in the PDF on a computer.
No. In the Army Publishing Directorate, DA Forms index, DA Form 7666 is titled Parental Consent and DA Form 7667 is titled Family Care Plan Preliminary Screening. They are separate forms that can sit in the same FCP packet.
APD stands for the Army Publishing Directorate, the Army's site for official publications and forms. Its DA forms list includes the parental consent form.
Yes. You have two ways to complete the form, online or on paper:
Choose someone you trust who knows the child well and can take the child in on short notice. Talk with that person before you write the name on the form, and add the full name exactly as it appears on their ID. The guardian's own acceptance has a separate form, DA Form 5840, Certificate of Acceptance as Guardian or Escort, listed in the Army Publishing Directorate, DA Forms index.
You can save the filled PDF, but print it for the two signatures and hand it in through your unit. The filled form holds your child's name, date of birth and place of birth, so do not send it by unencrypted email. Keep the blank PDF too, so you can start again if a line needs a change.
Store a printed copy with your FCP papers. It also helps to give a copy to the guardian you named, so they know the plan.
General information, not legal or tax advice.
