California Court of Appeal

When defendant's parental rights were terminated in 1995, any obligation to pay under child support order terminated by law, and the court had mandatory duty to dismiss the present action for reimbursement of welfare monies expended, where the action was not brought to trial within five years under Code of Civil Procedure section 583.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/28/2002
• Published 06/28/2002

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Charlton G. Holland, III, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Frank S. Furtek and Mary Dahlberg, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• No appearance for Defendant and Respondent.