CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Dependency Petitions
......Dismissal of Dependency
.........At Review Hearings
4 Cards On This Topic:
  • Dismissal required when continued supervision unnecessary.
  • Where SSA provided substantial evidence that conditions justifying initial assumption of jurisdiction no longer existed, juvenile ct. required under W&IC 364(c) to terminate jurisdiction.
  • As Cs opposed termination of dependency jurisdiction, they bore the burden of showing that conditions justifying initial assumption of jurisdiction still existed or were likely to exist if supervision were withdrawn.
  • Where no evidence showed conditions that caused court to take jurisdiction of C still existed or would exist were jurisdiction terminated, W&IC §364(c) required court to terminate jurisdiction.