JV-437 CHILD'S NAME: CASE NUMBER: TWELVE-MONTH PERMANENCY ATTACHMENT: REUNIFICATION SERVICES CONTINUED (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.21(f)) 1. By a preponderance of the evidence, the return of the child to his or her parent or legal guardian would create a substantial risk of detriment to the safety, protection, or physical or emotional well-being of the child. The factual basis for this conclusion is stated on the record. Placement 2. The child's out-of-home placement is necessary. 3. 4. The child's current placement is appropriate. The child's current placement is not appropriate. The county agency must locate an appropriate placement for the child. a. The matter is continued to the date and time indicated in form JV-435, item 25 for a written oral report by the county agency on the progress made in locating an appropriate placement. b. Other (specify): 5. The child is placed outside the state of California and that out-of-state placement a. b. continues to be the most appropriate placement for the child and is in the best interest of the child. does not continue to be the most appropriate placement for the child and is not in the best interest of the child. The matter is continued to the date and time indicated in form JV-435, item 25 for a written oral report by the county agency on the progress made toward (1) (2) (3) returning the child to California and locating an appropriate placement within California. locating an out-of-state placement that is the most appropriate placement for the child and in the best interest of the child. Other (specify): Reunification services 6. a. There is a substantial probability that the child may be returned to the Indian custodian mother biological father presumed father other (specify): legal guardian by the date set for the 18-month permanency hearing under Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.22 because the person has made significant progress in resolving the problems that led to the removal; (1) (2) (3) b. demonstrated the capacity and ability to complete the objectives of the treatment plan and to provide for the safety, protection, physical and emotional health, and special needs of the child; and consistently and regularly contacted and visited the child. Reasonable services have not been provided to the biological father mother presumed father legal guardian Indian custodian other (specify): 7. Reunification services are continued for the mother presumed father a. b. biological father legal guardian Indian custodian other (specify): as previously ordered. as modified (1) on the record. (2) in the case plan. Page 1 of 2 Form Approved for Optional Use Judicial Council of California JV-437 [Rev. July 1, 2011] TWELVE-MONTH PERMANENCY ATTACHMENT: REUNIFICATION SERVICES CONTINUED (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.21(f)) Welfare and Institutions Code, § 366.21(f); Cal. Rules of Court, rules 5.708 and 5.715 www.courts.ca.gov American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com JV-437 CHILD'S NAME: CASE NUMBER: 8. The likely date by which the child may be returned to and safely maintained in the home or placed for adoption, tribal customary adoption, legal guardianship, or in an identified placement with a specific goal is (specify date): Important individuals 9. Child 10 years of age or older, placed in a group home for six months or longer from the date the child entered foster care a. The county agency has made efforts to identify individuals who are important to the child and to maintain the child's relationships with those individuals, consistent with the child's best interest. The county agency has not made efforts to identify individuals who are important to the child and to maintain the b. child's relationships with those individuals, consistent with the child's best interest. To identify individuals who are important to the child and to maintain the child's relationships with those c. individuals, the county agency must provide the services (1) as stated on the record. (2) as follows: Health 10. biological father mother Indian custodian presumed father legal guardian other (specify): is unable unwilling unavailable to make decisions regarding the child's needs for medical, surgical, dental, or other remedial care, and the right to make these decisions is suspended under Welf. & Inst. Code, § 369 and vested with the county agency. The Advisement 11. The court informed all parties present at the time of the hearing and further advises all parties that if the child is not returned to the home at the 18-month permanency hearing set on a date within 18 months from the date the child was initially removed from his or her home, the case may be referred to a selection and implementation hearing under Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.26 that may result in the termination of parental rights and adoption of the child and other members of the sibling group or, in the case of an Indian child for whom tribal customary adoption under section 366.24 is selected as the permanent plan goal, modification of parental rights and the adoption of the child and other members of the sibling group. Eighteen-month permanency hearing date: JV-437 [Rev. July 1, 2011] TWELVE-MONTH PERMANENCY ATTACHMENT: REUNIFICATION SERVICES CONTINUED (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.21(f)) Page 2 of 2