CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Dependency Petitions
......Proceedings Controlled by UCCJA [UCCJEA]
.........Juvenile Court
4 Cards On This Topic:
  • As evidence established mother and Cs living in CA at commencement of dependency proceeding, NE was not their "home state" under UCCJEA and CA court had subject matter jurisdiction to terminate her parental rights.
  • Mother whose children placed with grandfather in Mexico did not show that foreign placements of dependent children is contrary to the interests of juvenile dependency law.
  • Juvenile court lacked jurisdiction to make custody determinations re missing child possibly in another state; record did not demonstrate jurisdiction to make nonemergency custody orders under UCCJEA.
  • UCCJA governs subject matter jurisdiction in juvenile court dependency proceeding.