CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Dependency Petitions
......Dismissal of Dependency
.........Nonminor Dependents
3 Cards On This Topic:

Nonminor dependent satisfied employment search condition entitling him to continued financial support for the time he and his SW formulated his new TILP and documented his search for work, and the date of the termination hearing.

W&IC 391 governs ••all•• dependents who have turned 18 and court must consider the best interests of the nonminor dependent in deciding to terminate, or extend, dependency jurisdiction.

No abuse of discretion in terminating dependency jurisdiction when M turned 19 because, by not enrolling in school or having a job, M failed to participate in his Transitional Independent Living Case Plan.