---
title: "Place family-court orders beside the dependency record"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/child-protection-and-care-proceedings/check-for-family-law-proceedings-and-orders-and-plan-around-the-care-ord/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A52-E20261018-6-US"
practice_area: "Child Protection & Care Proceedings"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Place family-court orders beside the dependency record

> Make a table of each family-court order in the file: the date, the court if the order names one, and the custody or visitation term copied from the order.…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/child-protection-and-care-proceedings/check-for-family-law-proceedings-and-orders-and-plan-around-the-care-ord/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Child Protection & Care Proceedings](https://ailawframework.com/practice/child-protection-and-care-proceedings.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Make a table of each family-court order in the file: the date, the court if the order names one, and the custody or visitation term copied from the order. Beside it, copy any dependency order that mentions the same child. Add no conclusion about which order controls. |
| What the lawyer must review | You decide how the orders sit together. Family Code § 3020(a) states that the health, safety and welfare of children shall be the court's primary concern in determining the best interests of children when making any orders regarding physical or legal custody or visitation. Section 3044(a) states a rebuttable presumption, after a finding that a party seeking custody perpetrated domestic violence within the previous five years against the other party, the child, the child's siblings, or a person described in § 3011(a)(2)(A), that sole or joint physical or legal custody to that party is detrimental to the best interest of the child. The presumption is rebutted only by a preponderance of the evidence. Open § 3011 before you apply that cross-reference. Section 671 is a condition of a Title IV-E state plan. Which order controls is your decision under the law of the court that issued each order. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Check for family law proceedings and orders and plan around the care orders](https://ailawframework.com/practice/child-protection-and-care-proceedings/check-for-family-law-proceedings-and-orders-and-plan-around-the-care-ord.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Make a table of each family-court order in the file: the date, the court if the order names one, and the custody or visitation term copied from the order. Beside it, copy any dependency order that mentions the same child. Add no conclusion about which order controls.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Sections 3020 and 3044 are California rules for custody and visitation orders. Another state differs. They are not the dependency statute.
- Copy a domestic-violence finding only when the order records it. The table does not supply the finding § 3044 requires.

## Sources

- [California Family Code § 3020 (health, safety and welfare of the child)](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAM&sectionNum=3020) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [California Family Code § 3044 (custody presumption after domestic violence)](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAM&sectionNum=3044) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [42 U.S.C. § 671 (Title IV-E state plan)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/671) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Checklist: family law orders while a child is under a care order (Family Law Act s 69ZK)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/child-protection-and-care-proceedings/family-law-and-care-orders-checklist.md) | Checklist | Yellow | Checklist for a parenting matter where a child is, or may be, under care under a child welfare law: the limits in section 69ZK and what must be on the file before a family law order is sought. |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*