Sacramento County Department of Social Services v. William G.

Opinion

SIMS, J.

In this case, we hold that a written social study containing relevant evidence was properly admitted in evidence over objection at a jurisdictional hearing on a petition brought under Welfare and Institutions Code section 300. (Statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code unless otherwise indicated.)

*708Facts and Procedural Background

In 1984, six children (four boys, two girls) of Mr. and Mrs. G. were made dependent children under section 300, subdivisions (a) and (b).1 However, the children were not removed from the family home.

In January 1986, one of the…