CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Dependency Petitions
......Jurisdictional Hearing
.........Miscellaneous Findings
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Though F's use of medical marijuana alone could not support finding that it brought Cs w/in dependency court jurisdiction, risk to Cs here supported by evidence that F's use presented risk of harm to them.

Juvenile courts may not deprive a parent of her or his procedural due process rights simply because the parent failed to appear at hearing.

Child’s AFDC eligibility reasonably conditioned on medical verification of parent’s incapacity; ct. not required to accept W&IC §300 findings in lieu of documents required by state regs.