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The optional form a child’s caregiver, preadoptive parent or placing agency can use to give the juvenile court written information before a hearing.
Optional form · Revised September 1, 2020 · 2 pages · JV-290-INFO · instructions
The PDF is the Judicial Council’s own file on courts.ca.gov, revised September 1, 2020. Form page on courts.ca.gov ↗
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JV-290 says the current caregiver, preadoptive parent, community care facility or foster family agency may submit written information to the court and may attend review and permanency hearings. It cites Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.21(c) and (d) and California Rules of Court, rule 5.534.
When it is used
The form asks for the original and eight copies at the clerk’s office at least five calendar days before the hearing, or seven if filing by mail. It warns that other people in the case have access to the information.
Section by section
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The child’s name, birth date and age, and either the caregiver’s details or the agency’s or facility’s details.
New information since the last hearing, without the names of doctors or schools.
Special education status, adjustment to the home, social skills, interests and other helpful information.
Any recommended outcome and the number of pages attached, then the signature.
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Questions
No. The form says caregivers may submit written information and may use this optional form to do so.
The form warns that other individuals involved in the case have access to the information.
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JV-290 form revision: September 1, 2020.