CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Dependency Petitions
......Pre-Adjudication Issues
.........Joinder
2 Cards On This Topic:

Joinder of Dept. of Mental Health in dependency case improper where court had no evidence before it demonstrating that Dept. violated any legal obligation to minor.

Referee not required to obtain stipulation from Dept. of Mental Services before she could act on M's motion for joinder but Dept. had right to seek rehearing under Welf. & Inst. Code §252.