Juvenile
JV-445: Findings and Orders After Postpermanency Hearing—Parental Rights Terminated; Permanent Plan of Adoption (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.3)
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This form documents the court's decisions and orders after a hearing for children in foster care whose parents' rights have been terminated and adoption is the permanent plan. Child welfare professionals, judges, and attorneys use it to officially record the court's findings about the child's case and establish adoption as the legal permanent plan for the child.
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Forms that go with JV-445
JV-180RequiredRequest to Change Court OrderThe Notice of Hearing (JV-180) is required to formally notify all parties of the disposition hearing at which the JV-445 findings and orders will be made.›JV-510AttachmentProof of Service—JuvenileThe Child's Placement and Well-Being Report attachment (JV-510) is frequently filed alongside JV-445 to provide supplemental information supporting the court's findings and orders regarding the child's placement.›JV-440Often filed with itFindings and Orders After 18-Month Permanency Hearing (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.22)The Selection of Permanent Plan (JV-440) is commonly completed alongside JV-445 when the court is making long-term permanency determinations for the child at the disposition stage.›JV-415Next stepFindings and Orders After Dispositional Hearing (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 361 et seq.)The Disposition Hearing Order (JV-415) establishes the initial disposition orders that JV-445 follows up on and documents findings from, making it a direct predecessor in the dependency court process.›JV-290Next stepCaregiver Information FormThe Findings and Orders After Jurisdictional Hearing (JV-290) provides the jurisdictional findings that serve as the legal foundation for the disposition findings recorded in JV-445.›
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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)›JV-443Eighteen-Month Permanency Attachment: Reunification Services Continued (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.22)›JV-446Findings and Orders After Postpermanency Hearing—Permanent Plan Other than Adoption (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.3)›JV-448Order Granting Authority to Consent to Medical, Surgical, and Dental Care (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.27)›JV-450Order for Prisoner's Appearance at Hearing Affecting Parental Rights›