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Modification: In re B.D.

Ruling by

Jon B. Streeter

Lower Court

Contra Costa County Superior Court

Lower Court Judge

Rebecca C. Hardie
Family Services Bureau's Welfare and Institutions Code Section 366.26 report violated statutory obligations by omitting evidence material to adoptability and was so inadequate that minor's due process rights were denied.



Court

California Courts of Appeal 1DCA/4

Cite as

2019 DJDAR 5996

Published

Jun. 28, 2019

Filing Date

Jun. 24, 2019

Opinion Type

Modification

Disposition Type

Reversed and Remanded


In re B.D., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law.

CONTRA COSTA CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES BUREAU,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

J.D.,

Defendant and Appellant.

 

No. A155254

 

(Contra Costa County

Super. Ct. No. J1600108)

California Courts of Appeal

First Appellate District

Division Four

Filed June 24, 2019

 

In re B.D., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law.

CONTRA COSTA CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES BUREAU,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

G.D.,

Defendant and Appellant.

 

No. A155571

 

(Contra Costa County

Super. Ct. No. J1600108)

California Courts of Appeal

First Appellate District

Division Four

Filed June 24, 2019

 

Counsel:

Joseph T. Tavano, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant J.D.

First District Appellate Project, Jonathan Soglin and Louise E. Collari, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant G.D.

Sharon L. Anderson, County Counsel, Lisa M. O'Connor, Deputy County Counsel for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Leslie A. Barry, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Minor.

 

THE COURT:

 

It is ordered that the opinion filed herein on May 24, 2019, be modified as follows:

1.In the first sentence of the first paragraph that continues in mid-sentence at the top of page 3, the language reading "Minor was likely to be adopted by Foster Parents J.M. and C.P." shall be deleted and replaced with "Minor was likely to be adopted by foster parents J.M. and C.P. (collectively, Foster Parents)";

2. In the first sentence of the first full paragraph on page 8, the language reading "Minor was adoptable by foster parents J.M. and C.P (collectively, Foster Parents)" shall be deleted and replaced with "Minor was adoptable by Foster Parents";

3.In the first sentence of footnote 8 on page 14, the language "Having granted Mother's C.C.P. section 909 motion, we" shall be deleted and replaced with "We therefore".

 

The modifications effect no change in the judgment.

 

Dated: June 24, 2019

Acting P. J.

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