Request for Assistance with Expedited Placement Under the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children

Judicial Council of California · Juvenile

Verified current as of July 16, 2026

This form requests help from another state to quickly place a child in foster care or with a relative across state lines under an agreement between states called the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children. Child welfare agencies and courts use this form when a California child needs urgent placement outside the state and they want to speed up the process rather than follow the standard procedures.