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JV-214Mandatory

Request for Hearing on Waiver of Presumptive Transfer

California · Judicial Council of California · Effective September 1, 2018

This form is used to ask the court to review a decision about where the responsibility for specialty mental health services should be located. It is used when a child or nonminor is placed in a county different from where they originally lived.

The court describes it as: Ask that the court review the social worker or probations officer’s decision to transfer the responsibility of specialty mental health services to the county where the child lives in foster care, instead of the county where the child lived before being put in foster care. For information on when and how to use this form, read Instructions for Requesting a Hearing to Review Waiver of Presumptive

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Where this fits in a case

Hearing

Stage: Hearing

This form is used when a child or nonminor is placed in a county that is not their original county. It is used to challenge a decision made by the placing agency about transferring mental health service responsibility to the new county.

Either party may file.

Official instructions

How-to guides published by the court for this form.

Common questions

Who should fill out this form?
The form asks for the relationship of the person filling it out to the child or nonminor, and includes sections for contact information.
What is this form asking the court to do?
It is used to request a court hearing to challenge the decision about transferring the responsibility for specialty mental health services.

Revision history

No changes recorded since we started tracking this form on October 9, 2026. The current version took effect September 1, 2018.

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