California Court of Appeal

Juvenile court order appointing step-grandmother as the legal guardian to defendant's children is reversed where: 1) the juvenile court erred in failing to comply with California Rule of Court 5.565(f), which requires the court to assess the status of the parent's reunification efforts and proceed to a Welfare and Institutions Code sec. 366.26 selection and implementation hearing; and 2) the juvenile court erred in ignoring the requirements of Welfare and Institutions Code sec. 361.4. as the case the court relied in concluding that it could do so is inapplicable to a disposition held after the allegations in a supplemental petition have been sustained.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/19/2009
• Published 05/19/2009

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• B.C. Barmann, Sr., County Counsel, and Jennifer L. Thurston, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Appellant., Mary Elizabeth Handy, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Minors.


• For Appellees:
  
• Maureen L. Keaney, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Respondent., Donna Furth, San Francisco, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Respondent.