§5.21 Other Findings and Orders

You may make other findings and orders at the disposition hearing, including:

• A finding of parentage [see WIC §316.2; CRC 5.635; See also Part 1, §3.07];
• Findings regarding previous detentions or voluntary out-of-home placement [WIC §§361(e), 366(a)(1)];
• An order that a psychologist, psychiatrist, or other clinical expert evaluate the child [WIC §370];
• An order to evaluate the child’s use of narcotics or drugs [WIC §359];
• An order to treat the child’s mental disorders with psychotropic medication [WIC §369.5(a), (c); CRC 5.640(b); see form JV-220];
• A temporary or permanent restraining order [see WIC §213.5; CRC 5.620(b), 5.630];
• An order requiring periodic reports from the social worker [WIC §365]; and
• An order requiring all parties to appear at all future hearings.

Be aware that during pendency of a parent’s appeal of an order terminating parental rights, you retain jurisdiction to “fashion appropriate orders as permitted by statute,” including scheduling post-permanency planning review hearings and modifying visitation orders at subsequent hearings as children's needs required. [In re Valerie A. (2007) 152 CA4th 987, 1002.]