CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Dependency Petitions
......Periodic Review Hearings
.........Reasonable Services NOT Provided
7 Cards On This Topic:
  • Where F did not receive reasonable reunification services, juvenile ct. could extend services six months beyond the 18-month review period.
  • The juvenile court was not required to proceed under W&IC §352 to extend services on a no reasonable services finding.
  • F's statement withdrawing his request for reunification services with Cs and his deportation due to assault did not support a finding that F was provided with reasonable reunification services.
  • Substantial evidence did not support juvenile ct.'s findings that F was provided with reasonable reunification services.
  • F was provided reasonable visitation while in jail although visitation later found detrimental to C; he did not receive reasonable services during 3-mo. period he was confined in residential drug rehab.
  • Improper services provided F where SSA did not tell him he had to move in order to obtain custody, nor offer him assistance in so doing, but instead focused on "minor quibbles."
  • Reasonable services not provided where DCFS abdicated responsibility to effectuate timely counseling for minor and conjoint counseling with father, precluding meaningful visitation.