Department of Public Social Services v. Robinson

Opinion

THOMPSON, J.

These are appeals from orders of the juvenile court in two companion cases adjudicating minor dependent children and ordering that their custody be placed under the supervision of the Department of Social Services. We affirm the orders of the juvenile court.

We are confronted with a threshold question in our consideration of the case at bench. Relying upon Matter of Cannon, 27 Cal.App. 549 [150 P. 794], and dictum in In re De Vore, 64 Cal.App. 347 [221 P. 706], appellant contends that an appeal under the Juvenile Court Law is in effect a limited trial de novo upon the record…