CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Dependency Petitions
......Dispositional Hearing
.........Reunification & Visitation
............Sibling Visitation & Placement
 17 Cards On This Topic:
  • Case plan shall include a recommendation regarding appropriateness of unsupervised visitation between child and siblings.
  • Preservation of sibling’s relationship is preferred.
  • Family members' visitation with minor where one parent deceased.
  • That the juvenile court had jurisdiction over mother did not mean it had jurisdiction to compel visitation with C and his nondependent younger sister; C had no constitutional right to visitation with sister.
  • Since there is no statutory authority providing for visitation of court-dependent C with brother whose dependency petition was dismissed, court acted in excess of its dependency jurisdiction in ordering such visitation.
  • No abuse of discretion in rescinding earlier order that Cs not be placed separately and then ordering separate placement after thorough and careful review.
  • Court did not err terminating parental rights after denying reunification services as to C on same day it terminated services as to siblings.
  • Court failed to comply with strict statutory requirements governing placement of a sibling group when it terminated reunification and set S&I hearing.
  • Reversal and remand required where court separated autistic and non-autistic siblings based on no evidence, but merely presumed detriment from disability and did not evaluate best interest of siblings.
  • Mother has no standing to raise issue of minor’s right to court-ordered visitation with siblings as mother is not aggrieved by determination re visitation.
  • Sibling visitation petition suggested no compelling facts to overcome presumption mother was acting in C's best interests; as applied to facts, FC 3102 unconstitutionally infringed upon mother's liberty interest.
  • W&IC 366.26 (c)(1)(E) exception inapplicable where F lost parental rights over sibling, and nature of sibling relationship not sufficiently substantial that preserving it would outweigh benefit of adoption.
  • Substantial evidence supported court's finding that W&IC 366.26 (c)(1)(E) exception did not apply and C would benefit more from adoption than detriment she might suffer on being separated from sibling.
  • Court need not consider sibling visitation in terminating parental rights, but erred in not appointing independent counsel for brothers and having hearing on post-termination contact.
  • Mother waived right to assert error as to lack of sibling visitation order by not properly raising issue in trial court.
  • Where informal visitation is occurring between siblings and no request for formal order made, no error in failing to make sua sponte order.
  • Failure to consider sibling visitation in termination proceedings error.


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