CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Dependency Petitions
......Selection & Implement. Hrg.
.........Adoption as Preferred Perm. Plan
............Relinquishment
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Before relinquishment or adoption placement agreement, must ask if child is or may be a member of an Indian tribe or eligible or identified as member of tribe or organization.

Although mother has a recognized constitutional right to select adoptive parents for C, juvenile court must determine whether that plan or another is in C's best interests.

Error to lift "do not remove from foster parents" order without a hearing to determine whether placement per "designated relinquishment" was patently absurd or unquestionably not in C's best interests.

Referral of relinquishment issue to Texas court improper where Cal. court had exclusive, continuing jurisdiction; Cal. court on remand to decide whether to limit mother's control over C re relinquishment.

Birth parent may relinquish dependent child to a private adoption agency, subject to juvenile court's power to limit the parent's control over the child.