Legal Opinion
Guardianship of Ann S.
California Supreme Court
Decided March 19, 2009No. S143723PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CORRIGAN, J.
In 2003 the Legislature enacted Probate Code section 1516.5, making it easier for children in probate guardianships to be adopted by their guardians. (Stats. 2003, ch. 251, § 11; hereafter, section 1516.5.) Section 1516.5 authorizes the termination of parental rights when the guardianship has continued for at least two years, and the court finds that adoption by the guardian would be in the child’s best interest. In this case, a mother whose rights were terminated under section 1516.5 contends the statute is unconstitutional on its face because it allows the fundamental…
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