California Court of Appeal

Juvenile court properly exercised its jurisdiction in removing an abandoned two-year-old from parental custody, even though California was not the child's home state. The court had emergency jurisdiction under the Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, because the child was present in California when the neglect occurred and the court's action was necessary to protect him from both immediate and ongoing harm.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/22/2008
• Published 01/07/2009

Judges

• McCONNELL, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Andrea Renee St. Julian, San Diego, under appointment by the Court of appeal, for Minor.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mark Turner, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., John J. Sansone, County Counsel, John E. Philips, Chief Deputy County Counsel, and Katharine R. Bird, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.