CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Dependency Petitions
......Appellate Review
.........Who May Appeal
............Standing to Appeal
 29 Cards On This Topic:
  • Father whose parental rights terminated and who does not challenge that decision, is not aggrieved and has no standing to appeal order denying grandparents' petition to have C placed with them.
  • As mother failed to show reversal of juvenile ct.'s placement decision regarding C advanced her argument against terminating her parental rights, she had no standing to challenge relative placement issues.
  • Court of Appeal lacked jurisdiction to consider on appeal the finding of adoptability of younger Cs where older brother was not aggrieved and lacked standing to raise issue.
  • Sister lacked standing to appeal termination of mother's parental rights to C as she could not show her personal rights were affected by the termination and she had no legally cognizable interest in the sibling relationship.
  • Given its status in loco parentis and authority to oppose/seek termination of de facto parent status, SSA had a legally cognizable interest injuriously affected by juvenile court's decisions—it had standing to appeal.
  • Mother did not have standing to question the lack of notice to Cs of continued W&IC 366.26 hearing, or the court's failure to make the statutorily required inquiry into why Cs were absent from the hearing.
  • Petitioner seeking appointment of guardian of octuplets' estates lacked standing; petition dismissed where he did not make showing of financial misconduct by mother, nor alleged information warranting court intervention in family's finances.
  • F lacked standing to assert C's statutory right to be represented by competent counsel because that right was personal to C and her interests did not interweave with his.
  • As evaluation by DHHS in selecting C's placement did not directly affect any legally cognizable interest personal to F, he lacked standing to assert whether court abused its discretion in rescinding order for C's psych. evaluation.
  • Adoptive parents' rights and interests were injuriously affected by dependency court's ruling on F's W&IC 388 petition and had standing to appeal.
  • As mother not legally aggrieved by F's habeas ruling, she did not satisfy principal criterion for appellate standing.
  • F lacked standing to challenge denial of mother's modification petition re visitation where F made no showing his personal rights were implicated in denial.
  • Grandmother did not have standing to appeal from termination of parental rights following W&IC 366.26 hearing.
  • GM had standing to appeal denial of W&IC 388 petition that would have given her a claim of preference as "relative caretaker" under W&IC 366.26 (k) had it been granted.
  • Grandparents/former caregivers' appeal dismissed for lack of standing where they were neither parties nor de facto parents.
  • C lacked standing to challenge denial of her motion to have aunt and uncle declared de facto parents as she was not aggrieved by ruling.
  • Prospective adoptive Canadian couple and Texas adoption agency lacked standing in Cal. dependency case.
  • Alleged biological father who is not a party of record in dependency court has no standing to appeal an order terminating parental rights.
  • Appeal of F who absconded with dependent child dismissed; F may not obtain review of court's order and at same time be in contempt of it.
  • Mother had no standing to appeal termination of her parental rights by arguing alleged fathers had no notice of hearings.
  • Mother had no standing to contest finding it was in son's best interest to be placed with aunt in N. Carolina, nor to assert ineffective assistance of counsel on son's or siblings' behalf.
  • Mother lacked standing to appeal juvenile court's dismissal of juvenile dependency petition; In re Lauren P. criticized.
  • No authority for proposition that one parent can claim ineffective assistance of other parent’s counsel when other parent has not appealed.
  • Mother has no standing to challenge order terminating her parental rights on ground order results in severance of relationship between M and foster family.
  • Father had no standing to raise issue of minor’s and sibling’s interest in each other since his own rights not affected thereby.
  • Order dismissing dependency petition "without prejudice" was on merits and appealable; mother sufficiently aggrieved by order to have standing to appeal.
  • Mother has no standing to raise issue of minor’s right to court-ordered visitation with siblings as mother is not aggrieved by determination re visitation.
  • On appeal from termination of her parental rights, mother lacked standing to argue her mother’s interest as maternal grandmother to Ms.
  • Standing to appeal.


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