California Court of Appeal

A parent's invitation to trial court to interview her children in camera in order to spare them the stress of testifying in open court constitutes a waiver of that parent's right of representation and confrontation.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/13/2001
• Published 07/13/2001

Judges

•  YEGAN, Acting P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Linda L.R. Johnson, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Stephen Shane Stark, County Counsel, County of Santa Barbara and Gustavo E. Lavayen, Deputy County Counsel, for Respondent.