County of Los Angeles v. Superior Court

Opinion

FEINERMAN, J. pro tem. *

Petitioner seeks a writ of “prohibition and mandate” to compel the respondent superior court to dismiss a petition for adoption and to order the return of a minor child to the custody of the Department of Adoptions of the County of Los Angeles. We have concluded, on the facts of this case, that Civil Code section 224n does not deprive the respondent court of jurisdiction to hear the petition for adoption and that the writ sought should be denied.

The minor child, Franklin, was born on March 1, 1968, in Los Angeles, and was relinquished to the Department of…