Existing law provides that after a child is declared a dependent child of the court, any parent or other person having an interest in the child, including the dependent child, may petition the court to change, modify, or set aside an order in the dependency proceedings or to terminate the court's jurisdiction. Existing law further permits any party, including the dependent child, to petition the court to terminate reunification services before the dependency review hearing. A court may terminate reunification services under this provision only after finding by a preponderance of the evidence that reasonable services have been offered and after finding by clear and convincing evidence either that a change in circumstances justifies termination of reunification services or that the parent's action or inaction makes reunification unlikely.
California SB 1425 (20112012) — Juveniles: dependent children.
Existing law provides that after a child is declared a dependent child of the court, any parent or other person having an interest in the child, including the dependent child, may petition the court to change, modify, or set aside an order in the dependency proceedings or to terminate the court's jurisdiction. Existing law further permits any party, including the dependent child, to petition the court to terminate reunification services before the dependency review hearing. A court may terminate reunification services under this provision only after finding by a preponderance of the evidence that reasonable services have been offered and after finding by clear and convincing evidence either that a change in circumstances justifies termination of reunification services or that the parent's action or inaction makes reunification unlikely.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2012-02-24 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2012-02-25 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
2012-02-27 Read first time. reading-1
2012-03-22 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2012-04-24 Set for hearing May 1.
2012-04-24 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2012-04-25 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2012-05-30 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2012-06-08 Set for hearing June 19.
2012-06-25 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 4012.) (June 19). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-06-26 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2012-06-27 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2012-07-02 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4222.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-07-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2012-07-05 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2012-08-06 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 6). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-08-07 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2012-08-09 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5848.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-08-09 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2012-08-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
2012-08-17 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2012-08-17 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 179, Statutes of 2012.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/04888a2b-0f69-4936-b867-7b737d161d61. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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