California Court of Appeal

Order terminating mother's parental rights is affirmed over claims of error in: 1) the appointment of a guardian ad litem for the mother; 2) failing to conduct a Marsden-type hearing after she expressed dissatisfaction with her attorney, and after she later asked for a new attorney; 3) finding by clear and convincing evidence that the child was adoptable, a necessary prerequisite to an order terminating parental rights; and 4) the county human services agency failed to notify all registered Cherokee tribes of her claim of Native American ancestry.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/25/2007
• Published 04/25/2007

Judges

• STEIN, Acting P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Steven M. Woodside, Sonoma County Counsel, Phyllis Gallagher, Deputy Sonoma County Counsel, Counsel for Plaintiff and Respondent., Elena E. Matsis, by Appointment of the First District, Appellate Program, Counsel for Defendant and Appellant.