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In re Christiano S.

Court cannot refuse to consider adoption for minors after county's failure to give parents notice.





Cite as

1997 DJDAR 14342

Published

Jun. 9, 1999

Filing Date

Nov. 24, 1997



In re CHRISTIANO S. et al., Persons Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. PATRICIA L., Defendant and Respondent. No. B108867 (Super. Ct. No. CK 13028) California Court of Appeal Second Appellate District Division Two Filed November 24, 1997
THE COURT:*

        The opinion in the above entitled matter, filed November 5, 1997, is modified in the following particulars:
        Delete the entire text of footnote 4* and in its place insert the following paragraph:

In its brief, DCFS provided this explanation: "On July 25, 1996, DCFS executed a notice of publication for each father. However, due to the relatively new nature of the 'computerization' of services at DCFS, the request for notice by publication did not get transmitted. Although DCFS input the notice information into the recently installed Civic Center New Source computer and transmitted it as was their standard practice, it was never received by the news agency." The trial court obviously did not consider this information, and it is not a factor in our reversal of the juvenile court order.

This modification does not effect a change in judgment.


        * See Daily Appellate Report of November 7, 1997, page 13732, column 1, footnote 4.




* FUKUTO, Acting P.J., NOTT, J., and ZEBROWSKI, J.
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