California Court of Appeal

In a case where father was 17-years old when a juvenile dependency petition was filed on behalf of his two-month old child, and juvenile court did not appoint guardian ad litem or an attorney for the father until the six-month review hearing, termination of father's reunification services is reversed as a guardian ad litem must be appointed for a presumed father who is a minor, even though he personally does not appear.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/02/2006
• Published 11/02/2006

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas Owen, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, San Francisco, for Defendant and Appellant., Michael H. Krausnick, County Counsel, and Carrie M. Stephens, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.