CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Dependency Petitions
......Appellate Review
.........Disentitlement Doctrine
3 Cards On This Topic:

Under disentitlement doctrine, mother forfeited right to appeal where she willfully left jurisdiction with Cs while W&IC 300 petition pending and her continued absence frustrated court’s ability to implement dependency law procedures to protect Cs.

Court would not expand the disentitlement doctrine to dismiss appeal of recalcitrant parent who violated no court order and presented a threshold question concerning subject matter jurisdiction of the juvenile court.

Disentitlement doctrine inapplicable.