California Court of Appeal

Juvenile court's order declaring petitioner's daughter a dependent of the court under Welfare and Institutions Code section 300(d), following the court's true finding by clear and convincing evidence on the sexual molestation allegation by petitioner, is affirmed where: 1) petitioner's ineffective assistance of counsel claim fails as he lacks standing to assert the child's statutory right to be represented by competent counsel when that right is personal to the child; and 2) the petitioner's remaining contentions lack merit.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/15/2010
• Published 03/15/2010

Judges

• McCONNELL, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Valerie N. Lankford, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for minor.


• For Appellees:
  
• Neale B. Gold and Richard Pfeiffer for Defendant and Appellant., John J. Sansone, County Counsel, John E. Philips, Chief Deputy County Counsel, and Gary C. Seiser, Senior Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.