Adds language to the notice to parents regarding shelter care hearings and the child dependency process.

Requires the court, in determining placement, to weigh the child's length of stay and attachment to the current provider in determining what is in the best interest of the child.

Permits the dependency court to consider a parent's failure to have contact with a child for an extended period of time when the court is analyzing the likelihood that conditions will be remedied so that the child may return to the parent's care in the near future.