California Court of Appeal

Orders terminating mother's parental rights and denying a Welfare and Institutions Code section 388 petition seeking reinstatement of family reunification services based on the juvenile court's failure to enforce a visitation order, and effectively delegating sole discretion over visitation to her estranged son, are reversed as the juvenile court erroneously abdicated its authority by delegating discretion over visitation to a third party, and abused its discretion in denying the section 388 petition seeking to rectify that error.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/18/2006
• Published 09/18/2006

Judges

• BOLAND, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lori A. Fields, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Raymond G. Fortner, Jr., County Counsel, Larry Cory, Assistant County Counsel, and Pamela S. Landeros, Deputy County Counsel, for Respondent.