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32 S. Cal. Rev. L. & Soc. Just. 1 (2023)

handle is hein.journals/scws32 and id is 1 raw text is: THERE IS NO PERFECT SOLUTION HERE: AN ANALYSIS OF SIBLING PLACEMENT DECISIONS IN THE CALIFORNIA DEPENDENCY SYSTEM KAILANI HUMESTON* TABLE OF CONTENTS I. IN T R O D U C T IO N ............................................................................... 2 II. TYPES OF SIBLING BONDS IN CHILD WELFARE CASES........... 3 III. HISTORY OF SIBLING PLACEMENT IN DEPENDENCY......... 7 IV. SIBLING GROUPS IN THE CALIFORNIA DEPENDENCY S Y S T E M .................................................................................... . . 9 A . R EFER R A L ............................................................................ . 9 B. DETENTION HEARING ........................................................ 11 C. JURISDICTIONAL AND DISPOSITIONAL HEARINGS ............... 12 D. POST-DISPOSITIONAL HEARINGS........................................ 14 V. SIBLING PLACEMENT CASE LAW........................................... 15 A . CASE SUMM ARIES ............................................................... 15 1. In re L uke M .................................................................. 16 2 . In re A .S ....................................................................... . . 17 3 . In re C M .................................................................... . . 18 4. In re Isayah C ................................................................ 19 B . C A SE A NALY SIS ................................................................. 21 1. Sibling's Own Wish..........................................................21 2. Potential for the Mitigation of Negative Effects if S eparated .................................................................... . . 22 3. Judge's Subjective Judgment of the Sibling Bond............ 23 VI. REFINING THE STATUTORY GUIDELINE............................. 23 A . M INOR'S W ISHES ............................................................... 24 * Managing Editor, Southern California Review of Law & Social Justice, Volume 32; J.D. Candidate 2023, University of Southern California Gould School of Law; B.A. Sociology 2018, University of California, Berkeley. Many thanks to my child advocacy colleagues and dependency clients who have taught me the power of resilience; to my husband, who has believed in me and my work from the very beginning; and to my younger brother and sister, who have always been by my side to weather life's storms. 1

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