California Welfare and Institutions Code ARTICLE 10 - Dependent Children—Judgments and Orders

• Section 360.
  After receiving and considering the evidence on the proper disposition of the case, the juvenile court may enter judgment as follows:(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of...
• Section 361.
  (a) (1) In all cases in which a minor is adjudged a dependent child of the court on the ground that the minor is a person described...
• Section 361.1.
  (a) If a child is removed from the physical custody of a parent or guardian on the ground that the child may come within the jurisdiction...
• Section 361.2.
  (a) When a court orders removal of a child pursuant to Section 361, the court shall first determine whether there is a parent of the child,...
• Section 361.21.
  (a) The court shall not order the placement of a minor in an out-of-state group home, unless the court finds, in its order of placement, that...
• Section 361.3.
  (a) In any case in which a child is removed from the physical custody of his or her parents pursuant to Section 361, preferential consideration shall...
• Section 361.31.
  (a) In any case in which an Indian child is removed from the physical custody of his or her parents or Indian custodian pursuant to Section...
• Section 361.4.
  (a) Prior to making the emergency placement of a child pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 309 or Section 361.45, the county welfare department shall do...
• Section 361.45.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, when the sudden unavailability of a foster caregiver requires a change in placement for a child who is under the jurisdiction...
• Section 361.49.
  Regardless of his or her age, a child shall be deemed to have entered foster care on the earlier of the date of the jurisdictional...
• Section 361.5.
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), or when the parent has voluntarily relinquished the child and the relinquishment has been filed with the State Department...
• Section 361.6.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the court may order family reunification services to continue for a nonminor dependent, as defined in subdivision (v) of Section 11400,...
• Section 361.7.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 361.5, a party seeking an involuntary foster care placement of, or termination of parental rights over, an Indian child shall provide evidence to...
• Section 361.8.
  (a) The Legislature declares that a child of a minor parent or nonminor dependent parent shall not be considered to be at risk of abuse or...
• Section 362.
  (a) If a child is adjudged a dependent child of the court on the ground that the child is a person described by Section 300, the...
• Section 362.04.
  (a) For purposes of this section:(1) “Caregiver” means any licensed certified foster parent, approved relative caregiver, or approved nonrelative extended family member, or approved resource family.(2) “Reasonable and...
• Section 362.05.
  (a) (1) Every child adjudged a dependent child of the juvenile court shall be entitled to participate in age-appropriate extracurricular, enrichment, and social activities. No state or...
• Section 362.1.
  (a) In order to maintain ties between the parent or guardian and any siblings and the child, and to provide information relevant to deciding if, and...
• Section 362.2.
  It is the intent of the Legislature that if a placement out-of-home is necessary pursuant to an individualized education program, that this placement be as...
• Section 362.3.
  In addition to the notice provided in Sections 297 and 332, the juvenile court may issue its citation directing any parent, guardian, or foster parent...
• Section 362.4.
  (a) If the juvenile court terminates its jurisdiction over a minor who has been adjudged a dependent child of the juvenile court prior to the minor’s...
• Section 362.5.
  (a) The clerk of the superior court shall open a separate court file for nonminor dependents under the dependency, delinquency, or transition jurisdiction of the court.(b) Access...
• Section 362.6.
  (a) When a hearing is requested pursuant to Section 1202.05 of the Penal Code, the sentencing court shall forward a copy of the request to the...
• Section 362.7.
  When the home of a nonrelative extended family member is being considered for placement of a child, the home shall be evaluated, and approval of...
• Section 363.
  If the parent or person legally responsible for the care of any minor who is found to be a person described in Section 300 receives...
• Section 364.
  (a) Every hearing in which an order is made placing a child under the supervision of the juvenile court pursuant to Section 300 and in which...
• Section 364.05.
  Notwithstanding Section 364, in a county of the first class, a copy of the report required pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 364 shall be...
• Section 365.
  The court may require the social worker or any other agency to render any periodic reports concerning children committed to its care, custody, and control...
• Section 366.
  (a) (1) The status of every dependent child in foster care shall be reviewed periodically as determined by the court but no less frequently than once every...
• Section 366.05.
  Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 366.21, in a county of the first class, any supplemental report filed in connection with a status review hearing held...
• Section 366.1.
  Each supplemental report required to be filed pursuant to Section 366 shall include, but not be limited to, a factual discussion of each of the...
• Section 366.21.
  (a) Every hearing conducted by the juvenile court reviewing the status of a dependent child shall be placed on the appearance calendar. The court shall advise...
• Section 366.215.
  With respect to a hearing held pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 366.21, if the child in question was under three years of age on...
• Section 366.22.
  (a) (1) When a case has been continued pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (g) of Section 366.21, the permanency review hearing shall occur within...
• Section 366.23.
  If a noncustodial parent is seeking placement or custody of a child, the social worker shall inform the caretaker that he or she has the...
• Section 366.24.
  (a) (1) For purposes of this section, “tribal customary adoption” means adoption by and through the tribal custom, traditions, or law of an Indian child’s tribe. Termination...
• Section 366.25.
  (a) (1) When a case has been continued pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 366.22, the subsequent permanency review hearing shall occur within 24 months after the...
• Section 366.26.
  (a) This section applies to children who are adjudged dependent children of the juvenile court pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 360. The procedures specified in...
• Section 366.27.
  (a) If a court, pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (g) of Section 366.21, Section 366.22, Section 366.25, or Section 366.26, orders the placement of a...
• Section 366.28.
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that delays caused by appeals from court orders designating the specific placement of a dependent child after parental rights have...
• Section 366.29.
  (a) When a court, pursuant to Section 366.26, orders that a dependent child be placed for adoption, nothing in the adoption laws of this state shall...
• Section 366.3.
  (a) If a juvenile court orders a permanent plan of adoption, tribal customary adoption, adoption of a nonminor dependent pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 366.31,...
• Section 366.31.
  (a) If a review hearing is the last review hearing to be held before the minor attains 18 years of age, the court shall ensure all...
• Section 366.32.
  (a) With respect to a nonminor dependent, as defined in subdivision (v) of Section 11400, who has a permanent plan of long-term foster care that was...
• Section 366.35.
  (a) The implementation and operation of the amendments to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 366, subdivision (g) of Section 366.1, subdivisions...
• Section 366.4.
  (a) Any minor for whom a guardianship has been established resulting from the selection or implementation of a permanency plan pursuant to Section 366.26, or for...
• Section 366.5.
  The dependency jurisdiction shall be suspended for a child whom the juvenile court declares to be a dual status child based on the joint assessment...
• Section 367.
  (a) Whenever a person has been adjudged a dependent child of the juvenile court and has been committed or otherwise disposed of as provided in this...
• Section 368.
  In a case where the residence of a dependent child of the juvenile court is out of the state and in another state or foreign...
• Section 369.
  (a) Whenever a person is taken into temporary custody under Article 7 (commencing with Section 305) and is in need of medical, surgical, dental, or other...
• Section 369.5.
  (a) (1) If a child is adjudged a dependent child of the court under Section 300 and the child has been removed from the physical custody of...
• Section 369.6.
  (a) (1) The State Department of Social Services, in consultation with the State Department of Health Care Services, shall contract for child psychiatry services to complete a...
• Section 370.
  The juvenile court may, in any case before it in which a petition has been filed as provided in Article 7 (commencing with Section 305),...
• Section 371.
  When the court has ordered a dependent child or a ward of the juvenile court placed for adoption or has appointed a relative or nonrelative...

Last modified: October 22, 2018