CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Dependency Petitions
......Dispositional Hearing
.........Reunification & Visitation
............Incarcerated Parents
 22 Cards On This Topic:
  • Reasonable reunification services shall be offered to incarcerated inmates, unless court finds detrimental.
  • Visitation with incarcerated sex offender by child victim.
  • PC 1202.05 cannot be used to prohibit visitation or contact between D and his "child sexual abuse victim" after she has reached adulthood.
  • Safety valve for incarcerated parents who make significant progress despite incarceration not intended to apply to parents such as F, who made no effort towards rehabilitation when he was able.
  • Juv. court properly found F was given reasonable reunif. services where SW did all required under circs — F didn't follow first case plan, nor disclose his whereabouts or incarceration, and began following new case plan too late.
  • Juvenile ct. prejudicially erred in believing it had no discretion to continue reunification services if incarcerated F did not satisfy all criteria found in W&IC 366.21 (g)(1)(A)-(C).
  • Incarcerated father was not denied any statutory or constitutional rights when juvenile ct. determined his presumed father status in his absence where his attorney was present.
  • Juvenile court has discretion to limit reunification services for incarcerated F to 6 months when one member of sibling group is under 3 and must consider whether offering services to F would be detrimental to Cs.
  • Juvenile court may deny visitation to incarcerated parent denied reunification services, even in absence of any showing that continued visitation would be detrimental to the child.
  • Trial court exceeded its authority in declaring Cal. Reg. invalid and lacked jurisdiction to order visitation between incarcerated father and sons.
  • Reversible error to terminate reunification services to mother deported by INS after release from prison and unable to complete plan.
  • W&IC 361.5 (e)(1) applies to incarcerated parent, sentenced or not, and properly applied to F, awaiting trial for murdering Cs' mother.
  • Finding of detriment to a minor visiting incarcerated parent cannot be based on age alone without any further showing.
  • Termination of reunification vacated where DCFS failed to provide reasonable services to incarcerated F; court can continue 18-mo. hearing or make detriment finding.
  • Despite lack of procedure for fed. prisoner to attend dependency hearings re daughter, juv. ct. must continue on to permanent plan and refer for selection and implementation.
  • Under circumstances, reasonable reunification services provided to mother jailed for 6 years for child abuse.
  • Order terminating parental rights reversed as DSS failed to provide reasonable reunification by facilitating visitation with incarcerated mother.
  • Reversible error to refer for W&IC 366.26 hearing where SSA neither offered nor provided adequate reunification services to incarcerated F.
  • Judgment terminating parental rights reversed where DSS failed to provide adequate reunification services to incarcerated mother.
  • Reunification services for incarcerated parents need not be an all or nothing proposition; intermediate solutions should be considered.
  • Failure to provide adequate provisions for incarcerated mother to visit M during reunification warrants reversal of termination order.
  • Cases discussing various aspects of reunification efforts for incarcerated parents.


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