California Court of Appeal

A birth parent may effectively relinquish parental rights, even if she failed to check off all the boxes in a statement of understanding form, as long as there is substantial compliance with Department of Social Services regulations.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/23/2001
• Published 10/23/2001

Judges

• WOODS, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  John L. Dodd & Associates, John L. Dodd; Gradstein & Gorman, Jane A. Gorman, Tustin, and Marc Gradstein, Burlingame, for Plaintiffs and Appellants., Schmiesing, Blied, Stoddart & Mackey and Timothy S. Blied, for Plaintiff and Appellant Bethany Christian Services., Michael J. Kretzmer, El Segundo, for Minor.


• For Appellees:
  
• Curtis V. Leftwich, for Defendant and Respondent.