Los Angeles County Department of Adoptions v. Sandara K.

BIRD, C. J., Concurring.

When unusual new circumstances are brought to the attention of an appellate court in the course of a parent’s appeal from a judgment declaring a child to be free from the parent’s custody and control (Civ. Code, § 2321), should the appellate court consider the changed circumstances, *140or is its consideration of the appeal limited to the evidence which was available to the superior court rendering the judgment? As I shall explain, an appellate court should consider this limited type of postjudgment evidence. Therefore, I concur in the court’s decision to reverse the…