In re D.Y.
Annotate this CaseD.Y. appealed the juvenile court's termination of dependency jurisdiction. The Court of Appeal relied on its independent review and rejected D.Y.'s contention that Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.3(a) and In re Joshua S., (2003) 106 Cal.App.4th 1341, obligated the juvenile court to retain dependency jurisdiction in this case. The court held, however, that in the context of this long-running case, in which maintenance of the status quo had been the norm for 16 years and remained the recommendation of DCFS, it was an abuse of discretion for the juvenile court to abruptly terminate jurisdiction without alerting all of the interested parties to that possibility. Accordingly, the court reversed the juvenile court's judgment.
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