California Court of Appeal

In this custody action, the Mother's children were declared dependents of the court, removed from the custody of the Father, and released to the Mother with family maintenance services. The juvenile court's order requiring the Mother to participate in a domestic violence support group for an open-ended period - and delegating to the program's counselors the authority to decide how long she would have to attend the program - is reversed and remanded, where the final determination of whether the Mother has satisfactorily completed the domestic violence support program must be made by the juvenile court, not by the program's counselors.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/17/2014
• Published 11/17/2014

Judges

• Zelon

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel