LA County Dependency Courts
All mediations are currently being done online.
Contact us for your meeting link, start time and information.
818-575-6900 (no text)
Edmund D. Edelman Children’s Courthouse (primary)
Address: 201 Centre Plaza Drive Monterey Park CA 91754
Alfred J. McCourtney Juvenile Justice Center
Address: 1040 West Avenue J Lancaster CA 93534
Website: http://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/Locations/ui/location.aspx?loc=LAN&tab=2&d=Directory
Pomona Courthouse
Address: 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766
News Release: https://www.lacourt.org/newsmedia/uploads/14202112299375821NRDEPENDENCYPOMONA281.pdf
FAQs
CUSTODY
- Family Code Section 3003: Joint Legal Custody means that both parents shall share the right and responsibility to make decisions related to the health, education, and welfare of the child.
- Family Code Section 3006: Sole Legal Custody means that one parent has the right and responsibility to make decisions related to the health, education, and welfare of the child.
- Family Code Section 3004: Joint Physical Custody means that each parent has significant periods of time with the child. Joint Physical Custody shall be shared in such a way as to assure a child of frequent and continuing contact with both parents.
- Family Code section 3007: Sole Physical Custody means a child shall reside with and be under the supervision of one parent, subject to the court ordering visitation for the other parent.