CHILDREN AND THE LAW
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Dependency Petitions
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Dispositional Hearing
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Reunification & Visitation
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Case plan shall include a recommendation regarding appropriateness of unsupervised visitation between child and siblings.
Preservation of sibling’s relationship is preferred.
Family members' visitation with minor where one parent deceased.
That the juvenile court had jurisdiction over mother did not mean it had jurisdiction to compel visitation with C and his nondependent younger sister; C had no constitutional right to visitation with sister.
Since there is no statutory authority providing for visitation of court-dependent C with brother whose dependency petition was dismissed, court acted in excess of its dependency jurisdiction in ordering such visitation.
No abuse of discretion in rescinding earlier order that Cs not be placed separately and then ordering separate placement after thorough and careful review.
Court did not err terminating parental rights after denying reunification services as to C on same day it terminated services as to siblings.
Court failed to comply with strict statutory requirements governing placement of a sibling group when it terminated reunification and set S&I hearing.
Reversal and remand required where court separated autistic and non-autistic siblings based on no evidence, but merely presumed detriment from disability and did not evaluate best interest of siblings.
Mother has no standing to raise issue of minor’s right to court-ordered visitation with siblings as mother is not aggrieved by determination re visitation.
Sibling visitation petition suggested no compelling facts to overcome presumption mother was acting in C's best interests; as applied to facts, FC 3102 unconstitutionally infringed upon mother's liberty interest.
W&IC 366.26 (c)(1)(E) exception inapplicable where F lost parental rights over sibling, and nature of sibling relationship not sufficiently substantial that preserving it would outweigh benefit of adoption.
Substantial evidence supported court's finding that W&IC 366.26 (c)(1)(E) exception did not apply and C would benefit more from adoption than detriment she might suffer on being separated from sibling.
Court need not consider sibling visitation in terminating parental rights, but erred in not appointing independent counsel for brothers and having hearing on post-termination contact.
Mother waived right to assert error as to lack of sibling visitation order by not properly raising issue in trial court.
Where informal visitation is occurring between siblings and no request for formal order made, no error in failing to make sua sponte order.
Failure to consider sibling visitation in termination proceedings error.