California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 366

WIC § 366 Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 2 · Part 1 · Ch. 2 · Art. 10

Statute text

(a)(1) The status of every dependent child in foster care shall be reviewed periodically as determined by the court but no less frequently than once every six months, as calculated from the date of the original dispositional hearing, until the hearing described in Section 366.26 is completed. The court shall consider the safety of the child and shall determine all of the following:

(A)The continuing necessity for and appropriateness of the placement. If the child or nonminor dependent is placed in a short-term residential therapeutic program on or after October 1, 2021, or placed in a community treatment facility on or after July 1, 2022, the court shall consider the evidence and documentation submitted pursuant to subdivision (m) of Section 366.1 in making this determination.

(B)For a child or nonminor dependent who is not residing with their relatives, nonrelative extended family members, or in the case of an Indian child, their extended family members as defined in Section 224.1, or an Indian custodian, whether the social worker has continued efforts, and in the case of an Indian child, the active efforts, as defined by subdivision (f) of Section 224.1, to locate any relatives, extended family members, or nonrelative extended family members who could provide family support or possible placement of the child or nonminor dependent and the names of those relatives, extended family members, or nonrelative extended family members and the results of those efforts.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 845, Sec. 2. (AB 2929) Effective January 1, 2025.