Legal Opinion
Los Angeles County Department of Adoptions v. Robert E.
California Supreme Court
Decided May 30, 1978No. L.A. 30774PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CLARK, J.
Robert E. appeals from judgment declaring that custody and control of his minor son, Richard, should be removed from the minor’s parents and placed in plaintiff Los Angeles County Department of Adoptions (County). (See Civ. Code, § 232, subd. (a)(4).)1 We affirm the judgment.
County seeks to free Richard from custody and control of his parents on grounds (1) the minor, seven and one-half years of age when the petition was filed, had been almost since birth provided for by public *352agencies, without support or communication from parents who intended to abandon him, and (2) the…
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3Cited by84 opinions
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