California Court of Appeal

Order terminating father's parental rights due to mental illness is affirmed, where: 1) father forfeited on appeal his contentions under Family Code sections 7850 and 7851; 2) even if father had not forfeited his contentions under sections 7850 and 7851, those sections do not apply to mother's petition, which was brought under section 7827; and 3) substantial evidence supports the trial court's finding that terminating father's parental rights was in the best interests of the minor, as well as the trial court's implicit conclusion that no less drastic alternatives to termination were reasonably available.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/13/2013
• Published 02/13/2013

Judges

• MOSK

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel