Juvenile
JV-403: Sibling Attachment: Contact and Placement
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This form helps courts document and decide whether siblings in the child welfare system should have contact with each other and whether they should be placed together or separately. Social workers, foster parents, and attorneys use it to make sure that sibling relationships are preserved when possible during custody and placement decisions.
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Forms that go with JV-403
JV-290RequiredCaregiver Information FormJV-290 (Notice of Hearing) is required to ensure all parties and interested persons are properly notified of any hearing at which sibling contact and placement orders under JV-403 will be considered.›JV-412Often filed with itFindings and Orders After Jurisdiction Hearing (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 356)The Findings and Orders After Jurisdiction Hearing (JV-412) is used to document the court's detailed findings made at the same hearing where JV-403 is entered, and is frequently filed together.›JV-400Often filed with itVisitation Attachment: Parent, Legal Guardian, Indian Custodian, Other Important PersonThe Jurisdictional/Dispositional Report (JV-400) is typically prepared and filed alongside the Order for Jurisdiction to provide the court with the factual basis and social study supporting jurisdictional findings.›JV-401Often filed with itVisitation Attachment: SiblingJV-401 (Sibling Attachment: Why Sibling Relationship Is Beneficial) is commonly filed alongside JV-403 to provide the court with justification for why maintaining the sibling relationship serves the child's best interest.›JV-180Often filed with itRequest to Change Court OrderThe Request to Change Court Order (JV-180) may be filed concurrently when a party seeks to modify existing orders at the same time jurisdictional determinations are being made.›JV-402Often filed with itVisitation Attachment: GrandparentJV-402 (Sibling Attachment: Detriment Findings) is often filed in conjunction with JV-403 when the court must weigh any potential detriment against the benefits of sibling contact or placement.›JV-405Next stepContinuance—Dependency Detention HearingThe Order of Disposition (JV-405) is the next court order issued after jurisdiction is established via JV-403, outlining the dispositional plan for the dependent child.›
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JV-406Continuance—General›JV-410Findings and Orders After Detention Hearing (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 319))›JV-415Findings and Orders After Dispositional Hearing (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 361 et seq.)›JV-416Dispositional Attachment: Dismissal of Petition With or Without Informal Supervision (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 360(b))›JV-417Dispositional Attachment: In-Home Placement With Formal Supervision (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 361)›JV-418Dispositional Attachment: Appointment of Guardian (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 360(a))›