Legal Opinion
Corrigan v. Colston
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 2, 1955No. Civ. 20759; Civ. 20760; Civ. 20761PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFox, J.
Frank A. Colston, as probation officer, filed separate petitions in the juvenile court of Ventura County seeking to have the three minor children of Bay Benard Corrigan and his wife, Bita Jane, declared wards of the juvenile court under subdivisions (b), (d) and (k) of section 700 * of the Welfare and Institutions Code. Mr. Corrigan made no denial and offered no defense. Mrs. Corrigan, however, resisted the petitions. The court found the allegations in each petition to be true and found also that the welfare of each child required that custody be taken from its parents. In the judgments the…
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