California Court of Appeal

A juvenile court order terminating a guardianship and granting a dependency petition is reversed, where: 1) the juvenile court abused its discretion when it did not consider whether a section 300 petition was necessary to protect the child; and 2) the juvenile court abused its discretion when it denied a motion by the parents akin to a demurrer, since it erred when it found that the pleadings established at least one ground of juvenile jurisdiction under section 300.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/20/2012
• Published 04/20/2012

Judges

• Irion

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William Henry Hook, Lisa M. Maldonado