CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Dependency Petitions
......Selection & Implement. Hrg.
.........Presence Required
............Parents
6 Cards On This Topic:

Harmless error to adjudicate dependency petition in jailed father's absence.

PC §2625, requiring attendance of jailed parent at CC §232 and W&I §366.26 hearing, applies only where parental rights to be terminated.

Ineffective attempts to serve mother notice of termination sufficient to satisfy due process requirements; absent prejudice, lack of strict compliance with notice requirements does not void proceedings.

Parents received adequate notice re termination by personal service, although they did not personally appear at permanency planning hearing.

Mother has no standing to appeal termination because of failure to properly notify father.

Due process complied with where parents receive court report detailing circumstances on which former Civil Code section 232 petition based.