AGREED UPON TERMS. A. Defendants will not impose or apply the Reunification-Authority Requirement when adjudicating SIJ petitions. B. Defendants will not reinstate the Reunification-Authority Requirement for SIJ petitioners who have a court order from a California juvenile court. C. Defendants will not apply the Reunification-Authority Requirement to SIJ petitions supported by court orders issued pursuant to jurisdiction under California Welfare and Institutions Code §§ 300 and 303. X. Xxxxxxxxxx agree and will take the position when adjudicating SIJ petitions that pursuant to California Civil Procedure Code § 155 and California Welfare and Institutions Code § 303, the Juvenile Division of the California Superior Court (the “Juvenile Court”) is a “juvenile court” for the purpose of making custodial placements and/or legal commitments; issuing findings regarding whether abandonment, abuse, neglect, or a similar basis under state law renders reunification between a Person under the age of 21 and his or her parent not viable; and issuing findings regarding best interests pursuant to California law, as required under the SIJ statute and the SIJ regulation. E. Defendants agree and will take the position when adjudicating SIJ petitions that pursuant to California Welfare and Institutions Code §§ 300 and 303, a California Juvenile Court has the jurisdiction and the authority to retain jurisdiction over a xxxx or a dependent child of the Juvenile Court until the xxxx or dependent child attains 21 years of age and issue findings, as required under the SIJ statute and the SIJ regulation. X. Xxxxxxxxxx agree and will take the position when adjudicating SIJ petitions that a Person is not disqualified from being designated a SIJ provided that: 1) state law confers upon a state court the jurisdiction to declare the Person dependent, legally commit the Person to an individual or entity, or place the Person under the custody of an individual or entity regardless of age; and 2) the Person is unmarried and under the age of 21 when he or she petitions to be a SIJ.
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AGREED UPON TERMS. A. Defendants will not impose or apply the Reunification-Authority Requirement when adjudicating SIJ petitions.
B. Defendants will not reinstate the Reunification-Authority Requirement for SIJ petitioners who have a court order from a California juvenile court.
C. Defendants will not apply the Reunification-Authority Requirement to SIJ petitions supported by court orders issued pursuant to jurisdiction under California Welfare and Institutions Code §§ 300 and 303.
X. Xxxxxxxxxx D. Defendants agree and will take the position when adjudicating SIJ petitions that pursuant to California Civil Procedure Code § 155 and California Welfare and Institutions Code § 303, the Juvenile Division of the California Superior Court (the “Juvenile Court”) is a “juvenile court” for the purpose of making custodial placements and/or legal commitments; issuing findings regarding whether abandonment, abuse, neglect, or a similar basis under state law renders reunification between a Person under the age of 21 and his or her parent not viable; and issuing findings regarding best interests pursuant to California law, as required under the SIJ statute and the SIJ regulation.
E. Defendants agree and will take the position when adjudicating SIJ petitions that pursuant to California Welfare and Institutions Code §§ 300 and 303, a California Juvenile Court has the jurisdiction and the authority to retain jurisdiction over a xxxx or a dependent child of the Juvenile Court until the xxxx or dependent child attains 21 years of age and issue findings, as required under the SIJ statute and the SIJ regulation.
X. Xxxxxxxxxx F. Defendants agree and will take the position when adjudicating SIJ petitions that a Person is not disqualified from being designated a SIJ provided that: 1) state law confers upon a state court the jurisdiction to declare the Person dependent, legally commit the Person to an individual or entity, or place the Person under the custody of an individual or entity regardless of age; and 2) the Person is unmarried and under the age of 21 when he or she petitions to be a SIJ.
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Samples: Settlement Agreement, Settlement Agreement