California Court of Appeal

ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS v. LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEP'T OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERV., B146391

A ruling that required DCFS to submit each waiver of its monthly visitation duty owed wards to the dependency court judge supervising that particular ward, was held not to violate the separation of powers.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/01/2002
• Published 02/01/2002

Judges

•  ORTEGA, Acting P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Lloyd W. Pellman, County Counsel, Ada Gardiner, Assistant County Counsel, James M. Owens, Brandon T. Nichols and Jerry M. Custis, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendant and Appellant., Horvitz & Levy, David S. Ettinger and Patricia Lofton;  The Alliance for Children's Rights, Andrew A. Bridge, Amy Pellman and Lara J. Holtzman, for Plaintiff and Respondent.