San Bernardino Cnty. Children & Family Servs. v. J.B. (In re M.W.)

FIELDS J.

I. INTRODUCTION

Appellant, 19-year-old M.W., was a nonminor dependent of the court until it terminated dependency jurisdiction over him in August 2017. One of the acceptable living arrangements for nonminor dependents is a " '[s]upervised independent living placement' " (SILP). ( Welf. & Inst. Code, § 11400, subd. (w).)1 The court terminated dependency jurisdiction over M.W. because he had moved in with a former foster mother, and the court believed a former caregiver's home could not qualify as a SILP. We conclude the court erred. Nothing in the law disqualifies a former caregiver's…