CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Dependency Petitions
......Periodic Review Hearings
.........Motions for Modification
............W&IC §388 Reunification Bypass
3 Cards On This Topic:

Dependency atty not obliged to file a futile W&IC §388 petition to modify order bypassing reunification—given mother's dismal history of parenting older Cs removed from her care, it would have been "a classic exercise in futility."

No abuse of discretion in denying F's request to change reunification bypass order where he could not show alcohol treatment was changed circumstance; parental rights properly terminated based on history of alcoholism and DV.

Welf. & Inst. Code §388 petition is an appropriate vehicle for modifying a dispositional order and ordering a bypass of reunification services.