CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Evidentiary Issues
......Hearsay Rule Exceptions
.........Social History; Probation Reports
6 Cards On This Topic:

Social report admissible at dependency hearing if maker of report available for cross-examination; admissibility of hearsay in report.

Social studies report admissible in juvenile proceeding and alone sufficient to justify jurisdiction.

As F did not object at trial to hearsay statements in DCFS reports, admission of the reports, and juvenile ct.'s reliance on hearsay statements within them, was proper.

In sustaining dependency petition, juvenile court may properly consider social report which contains hearsay.

At dispositional hearing, juvenile court must admit and consider hearsay evidence contained in social worker’s report.

Hearsay statements by child contained in reports that she was molested were properly admitted into evidence.