all - Opinion Summaries

Tindall v. Poultney High Sch. Dist.

Civil Procedure, Family Law, Juvenile Law
A parent not admitted to the bar cannot bring an action pro se in federal court on behalf of his or her child.

In re S.B.

Family Law, Indian Law, Juvenile Law
Termination of a mother's parental rights is affirmed over her claim that the juvenile court and social worker complied only belatedly with their duty...

In re Javier G.

Civil Procedure, Family Law, Juvenile Law
Jurisdictional findings on a Welfare and Institutions Code section 387 petition are interlocutory and nonappealable.

Lashkajani v. Lashkajani

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Family Law
Parties may, by express provision in a prenuptial agreement, contract away a future obligation to pay attorney's fees and costs during the term of the...

In Re A.C.

Family Law, Juvenile Law
The juvenile court's grant of de facto parent status to the foster parents is reversed on the ground that California does not have subject matter...

In re Michelle C.

Constitutional Law, Family Law, Juvenile Law
The trial court violated plaintiff-mother's constitutional rights by terminating her parental rights at a hearing at which neither she nor her...

In re Aaron R.

Family Law, Indian Law, Juvenile Law
In a dependency proceeding, an order terminating parental rights and freeing the minor for adoption is affirmed over the mother's claim that the trial...

Katie V. v. Super. Ct. of San Diego

Family Law, Juvenile Law
The juvenile court's order terminating reunification services is affirmed over plaintiff's claims that 1) she was not offered reasonable reunification...

In re Faith B.

Family Law
In the matter of a dispositional hearing held pursuant to the Juvenile Court Act, dismissal of a challenge to a "permanency goal" set within a...

McClellan v. County of San Diego

Civil Procedure, Family Law
The superior court properly denied plaintiff's application for an order to omit certain accrued interest from the calculation of his unpaid child...