CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Dependency Petitions
......Dismissal of Dependency
.........At Dispositional Hearing
6 Cards On This Topic:
  • Informal supervision in lieu of dependency.
  • Placement with nonoffending parent.
  • C placed with F in HI and dependency jurisdiction properly terminated, not under W&IC 361.2 or W&IC 364, but in the broad discretion given the court to determine C's best interest.
  • Mother's arguments about the role of the ICPC in juvenile ct.'s decision to terminate dependency jurisdiction were unfounded where court issued extensive findings and rulings ••without once referencing the ICPC••.
  • Although trial court erred in terminating jurisdiction without making express W&IC 361.2 finding, no reasonable probability it would have reached a different result in the absence of the error.
  • Dismissal of dependency at dispositional hearing does not render case moot so as to prevent review of findings on which custody and visitation orders based.