all - Opinion Summaries

In re A.S.

Family Law, Juvenile Law
In juvenile court proceedings involving a brother and sister whose permanent plan called for them to be placed in foster care: 1) an order permitting...

In re B.C.

Family Law, Juvenile Law
In a case in which a man filed a JV-505 statement, requested genetic testing to determine whether he was a biological father, and filed a declaration...

Southerland v. City of New York

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Juvenile Law
In a suit by a father and his children under 42 USC section 1983 asserting that a children's services caseworker employed by the City of New York...

Matter of Damian G.

Family Law, Juvenile Law
By memorandum, the court holds that determinations of neglect against the appellants were not supported by legally sufficient evidence.

Henry A. v. Willden

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Juvenile Law
In an action by foster children under 42 USC section 1983 against state and county officials, alleging violations of their substantive due process...

Adoption of H.R.

Family Law, Juvenile Law
In a case in which a father contested the termination of his parental rights, the prospective adoptive mother is allowed to seek review of an...

J.M. v. Superior Court (Ventura County Human Services Agency)

Family Law, Juvenile Law
In a case in which a mother challenged an order of the juvenile court bypassing family reunification services and setting a permanent plan hearing...

In re D.M.

Civil Procedure, Family Law, Juvenile Law
On appeal of a judgment terminating parental rights over the appellant's younger half-siblings and selecting adoption as the preferred permanent plan,...

In re M.L.

Family Law, Juvenile Law
A juvenile court order dismissing a county social services agency's section 387 petition and placing a child with her grandparents is reversed, and an...

In re Kaylee H.

Family Law, Juvenile Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
A juvenile court order terminating a guardianship and granting a dependency petition is reversed, where: 1) the juvenile court abused its discretion...