Nonminor Dependents

Name: In re Jonathan C.M.
Case #: A165931
Court: CA Court of Appeal
District 1 DCA
Division: 2
Opinion Date: 05/18/2023
  • Categories: Nonminor Dependents

The juvenile court erred when it terminated transition jurisdiction over nonminor without considering his best interests. The nonminor suffered from autism, ADHD, and other mental health and developmental conditions and suffered a chaotic childhood characterized by neglect, abuse, and homelessness.…

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Name: In re M.W.
Case #: E068981
Court: CA Court of Appeal
District 4 DCA
Division: 2
Opinion Date: 08/30/2018
  • Categories: Dependency (300), Nonminor Dependents, Placement Issues

The foster mother's status as a former caregiver did not disqualify her home as a supervised independent living placement. Dependency jurisdiction over the 19-year-old nonminor dependent, M.W., was terminated by the juvenile court in August, 2017. The juvenile court terminated…

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Name: In re H.C.
Case #: D072368
Court: CA Court of Appeal
District 4 DCA
Division: 1
Opinion Date: 12/04/2017
  • Categories: Dependency (300), Nonminor Dependents

Eighteen-year-old nonminor's marriage did not prevent her from receiving services in an extended foster care program. After H.C. turned 18, the juvenile court continued H.C.'s dependency case as a nonminor dependent in extended foster care. She was residing in an…

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Name: In re Jesse S.
Case #: G054169
Court: CA Court of Appeal
District 4 DCA
Division: 3
Opinion Date: 06/07/2017
  • Categories: AB 12, Dependency (300), Misc, Nonminor Dependents

Nonminor could not reenter foster care system under section 388.1 where his adoptive parents were still receiving payments from California's Adoption Assistance Program. About four months before his twentieth birthday, appellant Jesse filed a request under section 388.1 to return…

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Name: In re David B.
Case #: A146632
Court: CA Court of Appeal
District 1 DCA
Division: 4
Opinion Date: 06/07/2017
  • Categories: AB 12, Dependency (300), Misc, Nonminor Dependents

Minor's appeal was dismissed as moot where appellant was now 18 and relief requested could not be provided. Appellant David was not quite 18 when the juvenile court dismissed a dependency petition alleging that he was abandoned by his mother…

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Name: In re Andrae A.
Case #: B262556
Court: CA Court of Appeal
District 2 DCA
Division: 3
Opinion Date: 10/15/2015
  • Categories: AB 12, Dependency (300), Nonminor Dependents

Where nonminor former dependent did not meet the eligibility requirement for further foster care services, the juvenile court did not abuse its discretion by failing to continue jurisdiction. Andrae was a dependent of the juvenile court and placed in foster…

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Name: In re R.G.
Case #: A144684
Court: CA Court of Appeal
District 1 DCA
Division: 2
Opinion Date: 09/30/2015
  • Categories: AB 12, Dependency (300), Nonminor Dependents

Juvenile court erred in denying nonminor dependent extended foster care support due to a narrow reading of the statute. R.G., a dependent minor, turned 18 in 2014, and elected to remain in extended foster care under AB 12 provisions. At…

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Name: In re J.C.
Case #: G048720
Court: CA Court of Appeal
District 4 DCA
Division: 3
Opinion Date: 01/17/2014
  • Categories: Dependency (300), Nonminor Dependents, Reunification services, Standing

A mother who does not have custody and is not receiving reunification services does not have standing to challenge the juvenile court's termination of dependency jurisdiction of her 18-year-old daughter. The dependent minor, who had been in father's custody, was…

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Name: In re Shannon M.
Case #: A136730
Court: CA Court of Appeal
District 1 DCA
Division: 5
Opinion Date: 11/06/2013
  • Categories: Dependency (300), Nonminor Dependents

Juvenile court erred when it terminated dependency jurisdiction over an 18-year-old dependent who was returned to her mother's custody but then abandoned by mother. Shannon was returned to her mother's care just before her 18th birthday and abandoned by her…

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