CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Dependency Petitions

• Advisements of Rights
• Amendment According to Proof
• Appellate Review
• Beyond Parental Control
• Claims Against County
• Commencement of Dependency
• Confidentiality of Juvenile Proceedings
• Continuances
• Defaults
• Detention of Minors
• Discovery
• Discretion to Initiate Dependency
• Disentitlement Doctrine
• Dismissal of Dependency
• Dispositional Hearing
• Dual Status
• Foster Children
• Home Schooling
• Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA)
• Judges/Commissioners/Referees
• Jurisdictional Hearing
• Juvenile/Family Law Court Priority
• Legal Representation
• Mandatory Reporting & Exams
• Non-Dependency Issues
• Notice
• Periodic Review Hearings
• Post-Permanency Hearings
• Pre-Adjudication Issues
• Pre-dependency Guardianships
• Presumption of Paternity/Maternity
• Proceeding Before Referee-Pro Tem
• Proceedings Controlled by UCCJA [UCCJEA]
• Restraining Orders
• Selection & Implement. Hrg.
• Social Worker Tort Liability/Immunity
• Stepparent Adoption
• Summary of Law