Elizabeth D. v. San Diego County Health & Human Services Agency

Opinion

O'ROURKE, J.

Elizabeth D. appeals a juvenile court order denying her petition to vacate the finding that her children’s stepmother was their presumed mother under Family Code1 section 7611, subdivision (d). We reverse.

INTRODUCTION

Elizabeth D. is the natural mother of D.S. and E.S. At each child’s birth, she and the children’s father, Derrick S., executed a voluntary declaration of paternity. Elizabeth cared for the children until 2004, when Derrick was granted sole legal and physical custody. She stopped visiting and contacting the children after May 2007. Derrick’s wife, Crystal S.,…