Legal Opinion
Tehama County Department of Social Services v. L.K.
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 25, 2011No. C067441PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*55Opinion
ROBEE, J.
In many ways, this case represents a mother’s worst nightmare come horrifyingly to life. Five years after her husband disappeared with their infant son (Z.K.) from Las Vegas, Nevada, the child’s mother (L.K.)—who had returned to her home state of Ohio but had never stopped looking for her son—discovered over the Internet that the child was in Tehama County, California, where her husband had been arrested and the child placed in foster care. The mother (mother) immediately contacted the Tehama County Department of Social Services (the department) to request custody. Presumably…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Santosky v. KramerSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- In Re Marilyn HCalifornia Supreme Court · 1993
- Cynthia D. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1993
- San Diego County Health & Human Services Agency v. Christina N.California Court of Appeal · 2005
- MacPherson v. MacPhersonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1939
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Alameda County Social Services Agency v. T.B.California Court of Appeal · 2013
- Alameda County Social Services Agency v. Anthony G.California Court of Appeal · 2012
- People v. LaBlancCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2015
- Riverside Cnty. Dep't of Pub. Soc. Servs. v. D.H. (In re D.H.), California Court of Appeal, 5th District2017
- M.C. v. Superior Court of Del Norte CountyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2016
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