Sluis v. Betty W.

Opinion

KANE, J.

Defendant Betty W. appeals from the trial court’s. judgment freeing her four minor children from parental custody and control pursuant to Civil Code, section 232, subdivision (g).

These proceedings were initiated by Mary Ellen Vander Sluis, a child welfare worker in the Public Welfare Department of Napa County, who petitioned the Napa County Superior Court to declare appellant’s four minor children free from parental custody and control under section 232, subdivisions (a), (b), (c) and (g). Appellant, represented by counsel and claiming various defects in .the petition, filed a…