California Court of Appeal

Where a 15-year-old son is not adoptable, the order terminating parental rights as to him must be reversed to avoid his becoming a legal orphan. The juvenile court's order terminating parental rights as to daughter and denial of mother's petition for writ of habeas corpus is affirmed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/19/2003
• Published 05/19/2003

Judges

• PREMO, Acting P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Ann Miller Ravel, County Counsel, Teri L. Robinson, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff/Respondent:  Santa Clara County Department of Family and Children's Services., George W. Kennedy, District Attorney, Robert J. Masterson, Deputy District Attorney, for Respondent Children:  J.I. et al., Carol A. Koenig, Under Appointment by the Court of Appeal, Half Moon Bay, for Defendant/Appellant:  L.I.