CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Dependency Petitions
......Amendment According to Proof
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Trial ct. did not err by allowing amendment to W&IC 300 petition to delete 10 words re baby's condition from (b) allegations where amendments conformed the allegations to proof and did not cause F any prejudice.

Findings that emerge in the wake of juvenile dependency petitions must be construed in terms of their actual substance, not strictly in terms of allegations in petition.

Variations between what was alleged in dependency petition and what was proved governed by civil law re amendment according to proof; court should have allowed amendment of one abuse allegation.