California Court of Appeal

Juvenile court's order denying the minor-plaintiff's motion to require the County Probation Department to pay his father's transportation costs to and from monthly visits is affirmed as plaintiff failed to make a threshold showing that his father was unable to afford the cost of the trips. A juvenile court hearing a delinquency case has the power, under appropriate circumstances, to order a supervising agency to financially assist a parent who lacks the financial means to travel to and from visitation.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/09/2009
• Published 09/09/2009

Judges

• NEEDHAM, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Francia M. Welker, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent., Silvano B. Marchesi, County Counsel, Esther Milbury, Deputy County Counsel, for Objector and Respondent Contra Costa County Probation Department.