CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Dependency Petitions
......Jurisdictional Hearing
.........Jurisdiction & Forum
............Personal Jurisdiction
2 Cards On This Topic:

Juvenile court lacked jurisdiction to order 16-yr.-old Jehovah's Witness with sickle cell anemia to undergo blood transfusions for medical reasons where requirements of W&IC 369 not met.

Reversal of orders and remand required where absence of family and counsel during jurisdiction, disposition and review hearings rendered dependency proceedings fundamentally unfair.