CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Dependency Petitions
......Selection & Implement. Hrg.
.........Returning Minor to Parents
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Juvenile court’s dispositional options at W&I 366.26 hearing do not include return of minor to parent.

Purpose of W&I 366.26 hearing is not to accumulate further evidence of parental unfitness.

Juvenile court may not consider returning minors to parent at W&I 366.26 hearing; due process satisfied as issue may be raised in W&I 388 modification petition based on changed circumstances.

Parent denied reunification services under Welf. & Inst. Code §361.5 (b)(10) & (b)(12) [now (b)(13)] not entitled to contested 6-mo. review hearing w/o Welf. & Inst. Code §388 motion showing changed circumstances.