Legal Opinion
Brown v. County of San Joaquin
District Court, E.D. California
Decided January 22, 1985No. CIV.S-83-1464 RARPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
RAMIREZ, District Judge.
The question presented by the pending cross-motions for summary judgment is whether a foster parent, a foster child, or both, is entitled to procedural due process before a county welfare department 1 removes the child from the home, thus terminating the foster parent — foster child relationship. Because California law already requires county welfare departments to provide procedural due process to foster families in most circumstances, 2 the precise issue raised by this action is the constitutionality of the California regulation which excepts…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Meyer v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Backlund v. BarnhartCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Backlund v. BarnhartCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- In the Interests of A.C.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1987
- CHRISTINA K. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1986
- People ex rel. A.W.R.Colorado Court of Appeals · 2000
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