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CMS-07-021/023 - Los Angeles County Department of Children and ...

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WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ARE REMOVED FROM YOUR HOME<br />

FOR ABUSE OR NEGLECT<br />

DEPARTMENT OF<br />

SOCIAL SERVICES<br />

DSS prepares a case plan for<br />

you<br />

Your social worker visits you<br />

at least once a month <strong>and</strong><br />

whenever you request a visit<br />

DSS prepares a social report<br />

for each hearing to help the<br />

court make a decision in your<br />

best interests<br />

YOU<br />

You stay in emergency<br />

placement or temporary<br />

custody<br />

You stay in kinship care,<br />

foster care, or group home<br />

You return home, are<br />

adopted, obtain a legal<br />

guardian, or are placed in<br />

long-term out-<strong>of</strong>-home care<br />

THE COURT<br />

EXHIBIT A-II<br />

The court conducts a<br />

detention hearing <strong>and</strong> a<br />

jurisdiction hearing to<br />

decide whether it <strong>and</strong> the<br />

DSS should stay involved in<br />

your case<br />

If so, the court conducts a<br />

disposition hearing to<br />

decide your permanent <strong>and</strong><br />

temporary placements<br />

The court (or DSS) reviews<br />

your dependency status<br />

every six months<br />

No later than 12 months<br />

after the disposition<br />

hearing, the court conducts<br />

a permanency planning<br />

hearing<br />

Legal Rights <strong>of</strong> Teens In Out <strong>of</strong> Home Care Page 9

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