Tehama County Department of Social Services v. S.J.

Opinion

NICHOLSON, J.

S.J. (grandmother) is the paternal grandmother of R.J. and JJ. (minors), who were adjudicated dependent children of the court. The juvenile court summarily denied grandmother’s request for de facto parent status. Grandmother appeals, contending (1) the juvenile court erred in denying her request without affording her an evidentiary hearing, and (2) the error violated her right to procedural due process under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 395.) Finding no error, we affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Because the issue…