CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Dependency Petitions
......Selection & Implement. Hrg.
.........Adoption as Preferred Perm. Plan
............Relinquishment
5 Cards On This Topic:
  • Before relinquishment or adoption placement agreement, must ask if child is or may be a member of an Indian tribe or eligible or identified as member of tribe or organization.
  • Although mother has a recognized constitutional right to select adoptive parents for C, juvenile court must determine whether that plan or another is in C's best interests.
  • Error to lift "do not remove from foster parents" order without a hearing to determine whether placement per "designated relinquishment" was patently absurd or unquestionably not in C's best interests.
  • Referral of relinquishment issue to Texas court improper where Cal. court had exclusive, continuing jurisdiction; Cal. court on remand to decide whether to limit mother's control over C re relinquishment.
  • Birth parent may relinquish dependent child to a private adoption agency, subject to juvenile court's power to limit the parent's control over the child.