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

COURT ORDERS
Oftentimes, the judicial officer makes general visitation orders, such as “supervised visits approved by a
DCFS approved supervisor, at least twice per week, with DCFS discretion to liberalize.” The Court, as often
as possible, will provide DCFS with the discretion to liberalize visits including overnights and weekends in
order to support reunification and the developmental needs of the children. The FVP is envisioned as a
detailed implementation of the Court’s orders. While the Team’s Family Visitation Plan (FVP) at the time of
the disposition hearing will be submitted to the dependency court judicial officer, the dependency court is the
final decision maker. The FVP must be consistent with dependency court orders (as well as any criminal
court orders.) If the dependency court makes orders that are inconsistent with the FVP, then the procedures
outlined below, in “Changes to the FVP,” should be followed in order to bring the FVP into compliance with
the relevant court orders. The social worker should ensure that visitation is consistent with all court orders
until the FVP has been changed.
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