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Court information for caregivers
Our presiding Juvenile Court Judge of San Diego County has worked tirelessly to give caregivers access to filing court forms electronically in the event they do not have time to mail the report to the court.

Caregiver Information, DeFacto and Prospective Adoptive Parents are the only legal forms caregivers have the right to file with the court before hearings. Please try and get your paperwork to the court two weeks in advance of your court date so that it can be distributed to all parties in the case. If you are too late you run the risk of it not being filed on time and not heard during the hearing.


Meadowlark Court
Email: 
[email protected]
This email address is ONLY for the filing of our court paperwork, not for personal communication with the judge about your child's case.

Address if you wish to mail your documents: 
2851 Meadow Lark Dr, San Diego, CA 92123

East County Juvenile Court

Email: [email protected]   
This email address is ONLY for the filing of our court paperwork, not for personal communication with the judge about your child's case.

Address if you wish to mail your documents: 
250 E Main Street  6th Floor   El Cajon, CA 92020

North County Juvenile Court
Email: [email protected]
This email address is ONLY for the filing of our court paperwork, not for personal communication with the judge about your child's case.

Address if you wish to mail your documents: 
325 S Melrose Dr, Vista, CA 92081


CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION FORM  JV-287
This form is used to keep contact information confidential. It may be used along with any Judicial Council juvenile form, including  Relative Information (form JV - 285),
​Caregiver Information Form (form JV - 290), and De Facto Parent Request (form JV - 295).
Confidential information form jv - 287


​CAREGIVER INFORMATION FORM JV-290

Foster parents and kinship caregivers have not always had the right to attend court hearings or submit reports to the court concerning the children placed in their homes. The Caregiver Information Form or JV-290, was created to give all caregivers the ability to give information about their foster children directly to the judge. All foster parents and kinship caregivers have the right to "be noticed" and "be heard" in hearings for their foster children. Please check out the information listed below to get more information on the ​JV - 290 Form and the actual form to fill out and give to the court.
JV-290 Information English
JV-290 English
JV-290 InformationSpanish
JV-290 Spanish

 
​RELATIVE INFORMATION FORM JV-285

As the relative of a child who has been removed from the home but is not placed with you, you may give written information to the court about the child at any time on this form or in a letter. After filling out this form, give it to the clerk of the court. 
Relative Information Form JV - 285

 
​DE FACTO FORMS JV-295 JV-296  JV-297

These forms are filled out by the caregiver when requesting De facto Parent Status from the judge. De facto Parent Status gives foster parents elevated procedural rights in the court hearings such as being able to have an attorney represent them, calling witnesses and cross examining witnesses. Caregivers must file a petition with the court requesting ​De Facto status to be granted. The judge will have a hearing and decide if the status will be given or not.
DE FACTO Information English
JV-295 English
JV-296 English
JV-297 English
JV-299 DE FACTO Information Spanish
JV-295 Spanish
JV-296 Spanish
JV-297 Spanish

PROSPECTIVE ADOPTIVE PARENT FORMS JV-321  JV-322
Foster parents who want to adopt their foster child may ask the court to grant them "Prospective Adoptive Parent" status. The rights of the child must be terminated. If a foster parent has been granted the status or is eligible to have been granted the status, the agency may not remove the child until the foster parent has an opportunity to ask the judge to review the case.
Prospective Adoptive Parent Confidentiality
Request for Prospective Adoptive Parent Designation
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