California Court of Appeal
Pracht-Smith v. California Dep't of Soc. Serv., C060992
Trial court's denial of plaintiffs' petition to set aside their Ukrainian adoption of a Ukrainian girl is affirmed as, Family Code section 9100 applies only to adoptions granted by a California state court, and as such, the trial court correctly found that section 9100 could not be used to undo the Ukrainian adoption.
Appellate Information
- Decided 01/19/2010
- Published 01/19/2010
Judges
- SIMS, J.
Court
- California Court of Appeal
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Law Offices of Richard G. Fathy and Richard G. Fathy for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
- For Appellees:
- Edmund G. Brown Jr., Attorney General, Douglas M. Press, Assistant Attorney General, Julie Weng-Gutierrez and Niromi L. Wijewantha, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Respondent.