Los Angeles County Department of Children & Family Services v. Superior Court

Opinion

VOGEL (Miriam A.), J.

The Department of Children and Family Services, represented by County Counsel, filed a petition for a writ of mandate accompanied by a request for an order changing the placement of Aquela P. (known to her family as Amber) or, in the alternative, for an order staying enforcement of an order of the juvenile court which permitted Hellen Jones, Amber’s great-aunt and court-appointed foster mother, to take her out of the state on a five-week vacation. We saw no reason to change Amber’s placement but the petition appeared to raise a legitimate question about the…