California Court of Appeal

A mother's appeals from juvenile court jurisdiction and disposition orders are dismissed under the doctrine of disentitlement, where she willfully left the jurisdiction with her children while a Welfare and Institutions Code section 300 petition was pending and, even though a warrant for her arrest had been recalled, her continued absence from the jurisdiction undermined and frustrated the juvenile court's ability to implement the dependency law procedures intended to protect and benefit the interests of her children.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/19/2012
• Published 03/19/2012

Judges

• Mosk

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Andrea R. St. Julian, Amir Pichvai