Procedural Issues

Name: In re Anna T.
Case #: B299987
Opinion Date: 10/13/2020
  • Categories: Dependency (300), Jurisdiction of Case, Misc, Procedural Issues

Summary

Where juvenile court expressly declined to issue exit orders following termination of jurisdiction, its post termination orders regarding healthcare decisions were vacated, and the original family court orders prevailed. A dependency petition was filed, and jurisdiction assumed, after the family…

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Name: Leah B. v. Michael V.
Case #: B301138
Opinion Date: 10/22/2020
  • Categories: 366.26 termination hrg., Dependency (300), Misc, Procedural Issues

Summary

Mother was not permitted to use the civil harassment restraining order process to collaterally attack a dependency and adoption proceeding after her parental rights were terminated. Mother's parental rights were terminated in a dependency proceeding after she refused cancer treatment…

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Name: In re Cody R.
Case #: D073527
Opinion Date: 12/17/2018
  • Categories: 361.5(b) Bypass Reunification, 366.26 termination hrg., 388 Modification Petn., Appealable Orders, Dependency (300), Duties/Competence of Counsel, Placement Issues, Procedural Issues, Standing, Writ versus Appeal

Summary

Parent had no standing to challenge the social worker's actions under the relative placement statutes where there was no showing that she could have reunified. The child was removed from parental custody after he was found severely malnourished to the…

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Name: In re Israel T.
Case #: B286821
Opinion Date: 11/21/2018
  • Categories: Dependency (300), Dispositional Hearings, Jurisdictional Hearings, Notice, Procedural Issues, Removal Orders

Summary

Jurisdiction order reversed where juvenile court took jurisdiction under section 300, subdivision (b) but struck the words "substantial" risk and "serious" harm, and found at disposition that there was no risk to the children. Father was seen at a suspected…

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Name: In re Christian K.
Case #: A151695
Opinion Date: 03/21/2018
  • Categories: Dependency (300), Permanent Plans, Placement Issues, Procedural Issues, Visitation

Summary

Juvenile court did not err by ordering overseas trip for minor, even if the minor would have benefited from additional therapy before going. Parental rights to the minor were terminated. Paternal grandparents, who live in Denmark, expressed interest in adopting…

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