CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Custody and Visitation
......Juvenile-Family Law Court Issues
.........Custody Matters in F/L Court
3 Cards On This Topic:

Error to sustain W&IC 300(b) petition alleging only that mother was mentally ill and unable to care for Cs where F was always, and is, capable of properly caring for them—should have stayed order until F obtained custody from family ct.

Jurisdict'l and disposit'l orders reversed where no risk factors justified declaring Cs of recently divorced parents dependents of court, removing them from F's custody and control and restricting him to monitored visits.

Custody disputes between divorced parents who do not pose risk of detriment to child, should not be waged at taxpayers' expense in juvenile courts but belong in family court.