California Court of Appeal

Granting of Welfare and Institutions Code section 388 petition filed by plaintiff agency to modify the placement of the minor, after he was attacked by the dog of his foster parents, is reversed as the lower court's findings are inadequate and it is unclear whether the court considered the best interests of the child.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/14/2006
• Published 01/16/2007

Judges

• LAMBDEN, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Amy Z. Tobin, by appointment of the Court of Appeal, under the First District Appellate, Project's IndependentCase System, for Appellants., John Carcione, Carcione, Cattermole, Dolinski, et al., for Minor., Kevin Thurber, San Francisco, for De Facto Parents.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas F. Casey III, County Counsel, Peter K. Finck, Deputy, for Respondent.