Richard P. v. Vista Del Mar Child Care Service

Opinion

BEACH, J.

Plaintiffs sued defendant after discovering that a child whom they had adopted through defendant several years earlier was suffering from “extreme emotional and adjustment problems.” The trial court sustained defendant’s demurrer to the first amended complaint and, following plaintiffs’ failure to amend the complaint within the 30-day period provided, ordered the action dismissed. Plaintiffs appeal from the judgment of dismissal. We affirm.

The thrust of the complaint is that an adoption agency may be held liable in tort on a theory of intentional or negligent misrepresentation…