CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Dependency Petitions
......Dispositional Hearing
.........Reunification & Visitation
............Third Party Visitation
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De facto parent may be granted status to participate in disposition hearings.

As de facto parent has no right to reunification services, s/he lacks standing to challenge denial or contest reasonableness of those services.

Grant of continuing visitation rights to third party having substantial parental relationship with minor proper, as third party is de facto parent.