Legal Opinion
Kirkpatrick v. Ruth H.
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 15, 1972No. Crim. 20051PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DUNN, J.
Ruth H., a minor, appeals from an order (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 800) entered January 13, 1971, in a juvenile proceeding in the superior court held under Welfare and Institutions Code section 602, wherein appellant was adjudged to be a ward of the court and ordered placed under supervision of the probation officer in the home of her grandparents.
On August 12, 1971, the court entered an order reading, in part: “Case dismissed.” The Attorney General asks us to dismiss the present appeal as being moot by virtue of the order of dismissal. We treat the so-called “dismissal” as more…
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