2026-08-03T15:01:46-07:00 2025-12-31 200570323 Nelson & Associates CPAs 2230 Longport Ct Ste 110 Elk Grove CA 95758 990 2025-01-01 461248975 DEPENDENCY LEGAL SERVICES DEPE 7074625806 5701 LONETREE BLVD 207-F ROCKLIN CA 95765 JOHN PASSALACQUA CEO 2026-08-03 true Michelle Nelson CPA CFE MST P00453363 9162996800 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z JOHN PASSALACQUA 5701 LONETREE BLVD 207-F ROCKLIN CA 95765 6557867 false X WWW.DEPENDENCYLS.COM X 2012 CA PROVIDE LEGAL REPRESENTATION IN JUVENILE DEPENDENCY COURT 5 4 48 3 0 0 6575680 6394083 186845 163784 0 6762525 6557867 0 0 4182879 4484636 0 0 1692311 1656822 5875190 6141458 887335 416409 6837500 7504809 577771 680142 6259729 6824667 THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF THIS ORGANIZATION IS TO PROVIDE LEGAL REPRESENTATION IN JUVENILE DEPENDENCY COURT PROCEEDINGS AND TO CARRY ON SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GOAL AS ALLOWED BY LAW. false false 5652652 Dependency Legal Services is a non-profit, interdisciplinary law firm dedicated to serving children and parents in child abuse and neglect cases. Our attorneys are court appointed to serve clients in Marin, Placer, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, and Yolo County dependency proceedings. Dependency Legal Services is a dynamic law firm, with opportunities for growth, which values quality representation as well as quality of personal life. (info@dependencyls.com). Dependency Legal Services (DLS) served approximately 2262 total clients at any given time in all our counties: This was comprised of approximately 878 children and 1384 parents.For a further breakdown by county:Marin: 113 children and 101 parentsPlacer: 5 children and 245 parentsSonoma: 7 children and 258 parentssolano: 327 children and 273 parentsStanislaus: 122 children and 245 parentsyolo: 304 children and 270 parentsDependency Legal Services continues to raise the quality of services to our clients in various ways. Firstly, DLS remains active in advocating for increased resources for child and parent representation. DLS is an active member of a statewide collaborative to reduce the standard dependency caseload from 141 cases to a lower number consistent with recommendations from nationwide groups and other states. At the same time, DLS advocated for a new methodology for payment for child and parent representation that exceeds the current limit, which is County Counsel levels one and two in each county. Toward this end DLS was part of meetings with legislators and the Judicial Council.Dependency Legal Services co-sponsored a bill that was signed into law by Governor Newsom. A.B. 651 expands the list of hearings that require notice and the opportunity for an incarcerated parent to be physically present, or the opportunity to participate in those proceedings by video conference or teleconference.Dependency Legal Services attorneys serve on the Family Law Advisory Committee, the Family Justice Initiative work group, and the Family Law/Juvenile Law Committee as well. DLS is also a member of the bi-monthly statewide dependency provider group, the monthly Federally Funded Dependency Representation Program work group, a monthly Judicial Council Leadership meeting and a Statewide Dependency Funding work group.DLS attorneys also continue to be contributing authors to Seiser & Kumli on Juvenile Courts Practice and Procedure. This year, senior staff rolled out several training courses for both DLS staff and dependency counsel and social workers within DLS and across the state. This included a Beyond the Bench training on new legislation and client communication as well as statewide training on the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children. Additionally, eleven staff members were sent to the Beyond the Bench conference in Los Angeles. Additionally, several attorneys and social workers attended the National Association of Childs Counsel Conference in Cleveland. Finally, our most recently hired Lead Attorney participated in the One Justice leadership program.DLS continued to explore pre-filing work in our counties. In 2025 DLS was awarded IOLTA and EAF grants by the State Bar of California tocommence these programs in Placer, Sonoma, and Stanislaus counties. While the launch of these programs will be in 2026, much of the program creation and staff hiring started in 2025.DLS also continues to improve our Human Resources department through monthly meetings and consultations with People Rock Human Resources. This has resulted in a much more robust onboarding process and greater documentation reflecting changes in employment. DLS continues to integrate social workers into our multi-disciplinary practice. We are seeing the value social workers bring to parent and child representation.DLS continues to draw down federal funding for our work. We also continued to be part of The Judicial Councils summer internship program for first- and second-year law students. Stipends were for $3,600 times 5 interns for 240 hours a week. DLS supplemented this funding by several dollars per hour to make it more worthwhile for the interns. 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AFTER RECIVING WRITTEN APPROVAL THE FORM IS SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c EACH DIRECTOR AND PRINCIPAL OFFICER SHALL ANUALLY SIGN A STATEMENT WHICH AFFIRMS SUCH PERSON HAS RECEIVED A COPY OF THE POLICY, HAS READ AND UNDERSTANDS THE POLICY, AND HAS AGREED TO COMPLY WITH THE POLICY. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a COMPENSATION IS BASED ON INDUSTRY STANDARDS AND INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND IS REVIEWED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b COMPENSATION IS BASED ON INDUSTRY STANDARDS AND INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND IS APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 FORMS ARE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST AT THE ORGANIZATION'S HEADQUARTERS.