California Court of Appeal

Welfare and Institutions Code section 300.2 does not impose a mandatory duty on a county and its employees to stop a minor in protective custody from running away.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/23/2001
• Published 08/23/2001

Judges

• NARES, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Lois Brown Kelly, Encinitas, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John J. Sansone, County Counsel, Diane Bardsley, Assistant County Counsel, and Deborah A. McCarthy, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendants and Respondents County of San Diego and Geraldine Flaven., Callahan, McCune & Willis and Norma S. Marshall, for Defendants and Respondents Michael Polite, Chris Johnson and Professional Resource Enterprises, Inc.