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Eighteen-Month Permanency Attachment: Child Reunified (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.22)

California · Judicial Council of California · Effective July 1, 2011

This form records the court's decisions, or orders, made during a review hearing when the court allows a child to live with a parent. It confirms that returning the child to the parent is safe and that foster care is no longer needed.

The court describes it as: States more of the court’s decisions (orders) made at a review hearing where the court lets the child live in the home of a parent.

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Where this fits in a case

Hearing

Stage: Hearing

This form is used after a review hearing in a juvenile case when the court decides that a child can return to a parent or legal guardian.

Prepared by the court or clerk.

Official instructions

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

Common questions

What is this form for?
This form records the court's decisions made at a review hearing when the court allows a child to live with a parent.
Does this form start a case?
No, this form records decisions made during a review hearing, not the start of a case.

Revision history

No changes recorded since we started tracking this form on October 9, 2026. The current version took effect July 1, 2011.

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