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WIC § 366.215

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC
  2. DIVISION 2. CHILDREN [100. - 1500.]
  3. PART 1. DELINQUENTS AND WARDS OF THE JUVENILE COURT [100. - 1459.]
  4. CHAPTER 2. Juvenile Court Law [200. - 987.]
  5. ARTICLE 10. Dependent Children—Judgments and Orders [360. - 371.]

With respect to a hearing held pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 366.21, if the child in question was under three years of age on the date of the initial removal, or is a member of a sibling group described in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 361.5, the court, in determining whether to schedule a hearing pursuant to Section 366.26, shall take into account any particular barriers to a parent’s ability to maintain contact with his or her child due to the parent’s incarceration, institutionalization, detention by the United States Department of Homeland Security, or deportation.

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