CHILDREN AND THE LAW
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Dependency Petitions
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Foster Children
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4 Cards On This Topic:
Foster agency met its burden to show it was not directly or vicariously liable for foster parent's leaving C alone in bath where she drowned, P did not raise triable issue to contrary and SJ properly entered for D.
County had right to terminate foster care provider's contracts and place its facilities on "Do Not Refer" status.
Minor P may amend complaint to make truthful allegations sufficient to invoke equitable delayed discovery rule of accrual, under which his molestation claim would be deemed timely.
SJ proper where mother did not present triable issue of fact that County or employees breached statutory duty to child placed in foster home, then murdered at local school.