Category: Juvenile Dependency

During the reunification process, visitation in Juvenile Dependency cases is penultimate. It is the starting process, along with compliance with the case plan, to mend the familial unit and to maintain and strengthen the bond between the parent(s) and the child(ren). The Welfare and Institutions Code expressly enumerates that during the reunification...

The Department Of Children and Family Services is in charge of filing a dependency action. They get what’s called a judicial council form, they fill it out with allegations of abuse or neglect, and they file it. They are the proponents of the action. At the first stage, they have to show...

STOCKTON – The court has ordered the release of a father charged with killing his infant child after attorneys reached a plea deal Wednesday. STOCKTON – The court has ordered the release of a father charged with killing his infant child after attorneys reached a plea deal Wednesday.

In the largest recent judgment against San Jose police, a federal jury on Friday awarded a family $3.25 million after siding with the parents, who accused officers of stealing their young children and placing them in protective custody. The award came two days after a U.S. District Court jury...