Juvenile
JV-438: Twelve-Month Permanency Attachment: Reunification Services Terminated (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.21(f))
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This form documents a court's decision at a 12-month hearing to stop reunification services for a child in foster care and sets a new goal for the child's permanent placement, such as adoption or guardianship. Child protective services caseworkers, attorneys, and judges use this form to officially record the court's permanency plan when it's determined the child cannot safely return to their parents.
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Forms that go with JV-438
JV-410RequiredFindings and Orders After Detention Hearing (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 319))The Status Review Report (JV-410) is the social worker's report submitted prior to the 12-month permanency hearing that provides the factual basis supporting the termination of reunification services reflected in JV-438.›JV-415AttachmentFindings and Orders After Dispositional Hearing (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 361 et seq.)The Twelve-Month Permanency Hearing Order (JV-415) is the primary court order issued at the 12-month permanency hearing, to which JV-438 serves as a supporting attachment detailing the termination of reunification services.›JV-505Often filed with itStatement Regarding Parentage (Juvenile)The Statement Regarding Parentage form is commonly filed alongside locating orders to formally establish or clarify the parentage of the individual being located.›JV-400Often filed with itVisitation Attachment: Parent, Legal Guardian, Indian Custodian, Other Important PersonThe Warrant to Take Physical Custody of Child is commonly issued alongside parent locating services orders when the child's location must be secured as part of dependency proceedings.›JV-510Often filed with itProof of Service—JuvenileThe Findings and Orders After Jurisdiction Hearing often accompanies or follows the parent locating order as the court documents its jurisdictional determinations affecting the located parent.›JV-320Often filed with itOrders Under Welfare and Institutions Code Sections 366.24, 366.26, 727.3, 727.31The Findings and Orders After 12-Month Permanency Hearing (JV-320) formally documents the court's findings and is routinely filed in conjunction with JV-438 to complete the hearing record.›JV-440Next stepFindings and Orders After 18-Month Permanency Hearing (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.22)The Order Releasing Information (Parent Locator) is the next step in sequence after JV-438, directing agencies to actually release located parent information to the court or social worker.›
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JV-433Six-Month Permanency Attachment: Reunification Services Terminated (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.21(e))›JV-435Findings and Orders After 12-Month Permanency Hearing (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.21(f))›JV-436Twelve-Month Permanency Attachment: Child Reunified (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.21(f))›JV-437Twelve-Month Permanency Attachment: Reunification Services Continued (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.21(f))›JV-441Eighteen-Month Permanency Attachment: Child Reunified (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.22)›JV-442Eighteen-Month Permanency Attachment: Reunification Services Terminated (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.22)›