Vlasta Z. v. San Bernardino County Welfare Department

Opinion

TOBRINER, J.

Bedrich G. fled Czechoslovakia in 1968 with his two children and entered the United States as a political refugee. After Bed-rich died in 1969, the juvenile court took jurisdiction over the children and placed custody with foster parents in California. Their mother, a resident of Czechoslovakia, now seeks to recover custody of her children. The juvenile court, however, ruled that the best interests of the children would be promoted by continuing their placement with the foster parents; the mother appeals from that order.1

The present case is the first juvenile court custody…