ONCALL
...Children and the Law
......General
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A nonresident, noncustodial parent need not be joined in C's parentage action seeking special immigrant juvenile classification; adequate notice to parent suffices.

C's perceived immigration-related motivations for filing a parentage action under the Uniform Parentage Act (FC §7600 et seq.) have no bearing on whether the action may proceed.

U.S. Supreme Court precedent prohibiting disproportionate punishment for minors does not require use of the irresistible impulse test to determine a minor's sanity.