CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Dependency Petitions
......Dismissal of Dependency
.........At Dispositional Hearing
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Informal supervision in lieu of dependency.

Placement with nonoffending parent.

C's dependency petition improperly dismissed where F was a custodial parent under W&IC §361.2 and trial ct. did not, and could not, make required findings under W&IC §390.

C placed with F in HI and dependency jurisdiction properly terminated, not under W&IC 361.2 or W&IC 364, but in the broad discretion given the court to determine C's best interest.

Mother's arguments about the role of the ICPC in juvenile ct.'s decision to terminate dependency jurisdiction were unfounded where court issued extensive findings and rulings ••without once referencing the ICPC••.

Although trial court erred in terminating jurisdiction without making express W&IC 361.2 finding, no reasonable probability it would have reached a different result in the absence of the error.

Dismissal of dependency at dispositional hearing does not render case moot so as to prevent review of findings on which custody and visitation orders based.