CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Custody and Visitation
......Juvenile-Family Law Court Issues
.........Child Despises One Parent
2 Cards On This Topic:

Substantial evidence supported W&IC 300(c) findings C was suffering or at risk of suffering serious emotional damage, shown by C's nightmares about mother taking her from F, her fear of mother, and her belief mother was crazy.

Fact that well-adjusted child despised father insufficient to support finding of serious emotional damage and dependency, especially where parents tried to change their behavior.