CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Dependency Petitions
......Dismissal of Dependency
.........At Review Hearings
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Dismissal required when continued supervision unnecessary.

Juvenile ct. properly terminated dependency jurisdiction over C where W&IC §366.3(a) provides that whether to continue jurisdiction is generally in the court's discretion.

Where SSA provided substantial evidence that conditions justifying initial assumption of jurisdiction no longer existed, juvenile ct. required under W&IC 364(c) to terminate jurisdiction.

As Cs opposed termination of dependency jurisdiction, they bore the burden of showing that conditions justifying initial assumption of jurisdiction still existed or were likely to exist if supervision were withdrawn.

Where no evidence showed conditions that caused court to take jurisdiction of C still existed or would exist were jurisdiction terminated, W&IC §364(c) required court to terminate jurisdiction.