What kind of case needs to be filed in juvenile court in order to fulfill the criteria for SIJS?

The order can be obtained as a result in which a court places the child in in the care of a person or agency. The most common types of cases are custody and guardianship cases, but also include adoptions and juvenile dependency and delinquency cases.

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