What Happens When I Receive A Notice That I Have To Be In Dependency Court In 72 hours?
What Happens When I Receive A Notice That I Have To Be In Dependency Court In 72 hours?
Once you receive notice that you have 72 hours to go to court for a Welfare and Institutions Section 300 Petition you must attend that hearing. When there is a petition filed the court’s goal must be to remove the child from neglectful or abusive relationship. At the initial hearing, the court makes decisions regarding where the child should be placed. The court makes orders to initiate services for the…
Read MoreWhat Do I Do If My Child Is Taken Away by Social Workers? Welfare & Institutions Code section 300
Having a child taken away from you can be the most traumatic experience in a parent’s life. Very often children are wrongly separated from a parent because of false allegations or overzealous and unreasonable social workers. It is far too easy for your children to be taken away by county social workers. A false abuse allegation made out of spite after a heated argument can have devastating personal and legal…
Read MoreProperty Omitted from Divorce Judgment
In some instances community assets or debts of divorcing parties may have be excluded or not addressed in a final divorce decree or judgment. When this scenario arises, the parties do continue to own the property as tenants in common. The original court, however, does have continuing jurisdiction over such property under Family Code Section 2556 to divide and make an order in regards to such property. It does need…
Read MorePaternity and Establishing Parental relations between child and parent
According to CNN Arnold Schwarzenegger fathered a son with his housekeeper over a decade ago. The housekeeper had been working for him for over twenty years. Arnold has apparently provided child support for the child since he was born. The Schwarzeneggers have recently separated due to these recent revelations. It appears an informal mutual agreement was struck between Arnold and the housekeeper for him to support this child outside any…
Read MoreWhat are the Disadvantages if I Want To Nullify My Marriage or Domestic Partnership
A marriage or domestic partnership can be terminated by nullity proceedings. Petitioning for a judgment of nullity should be considered only where the validity of the marriage is in doubt. A marriage can be invalid from its inception because of irregularities in statutory formalization procedure including license, solemnization and authentication, or because of other legal impediments (for example already being married). Some marriages are voidable rather than void, for example…
Read MoreWhat is the Department of Child Support Services in California?
The California DCSS have offices in each California county. They were created to assist parents of children pursue enforcement of child support against the absent parent, and pursue and enforce the medical and emotional needs of children. The Department of Child Support Services helps in enforcing child support and issues related to establishing support and paternity as well as collecting past due child support arrears. The Department also locates and…
Read MoreWhat are the Rules Regarding Presenting New Evidence In a Dependency Matter?
In In re H.S. vs. C.S., 2010 DJDAR 14008, the juvenile court found that a different conclusion reached by a new expert is not new evidence if the expert relied on the original medical records and reports presented at trial. In this case H.S. who was two months old, was taken into protective custody after a hospital examination revealed that H.S. had non accidental injuries including a broken arm and…
Read MoreWhat is Child Dependency under Welfare and Institutions Code Section 300?
Under Welfare and Institutions Code Section 300, your children could be taken away from you under certain circumstances. For instance, if you are accused of child abuse, a child dependency case will likely begin. In a child dependency case, the court can make orders to: Take children away from your home Send your children to live with relatives or foster care Terminate your parental rights; or Create new parental rights…
Read MoreHow Long Does it Take to get A Domestic Violence Restraining Order?
You will get your order on the same day you come to court if your papers are completed correctly and submitted to the Clerks Office before 4:30 p.m. There are many forms that need to be completed and certain facts and details that need to be included in your forms in order to get the restraining order. Once the documents are taken to the clerk’s office they will send you…
Read MoreWhen does a child come under Welfare and Institutions Code Section 300(b)
A child comes within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court which may adjudge that person to be a child of the court. A child comes under Welfare and Institutions Code Section 300 (b) if “the child has suffered, or there is substantial risk that the child will suffer, serious physical harm or illness, as a result of the failure or inability of his or her parent or guardian to adequately…
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