ONCALL
...Children and the Law
......General
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Cases current up to 12/31/2023.

Family law courts are courts of equity and may amend final adoption contracts where equity demands it.

Trial ct. improperly designated D's previous juvenile carjacking adjudication as a strike where it engaged in factfinding beyond his record of conviction.

Assault charge against minor properly sustained under the natural and probable consequences doctrine; non-developed brain theory rejected.

Foster care maintenance payment rate increases do not apply retroactively.

Finding that M committed breaking and entering reversed where he possessed pliers but used them to commit misdemeanor theft and not burglary.

In case involving a substantial recovery for minor children, trial ct.'s attorneys fee order reversed as too low where court gave little or no consideration to CRC rule 7.955 factors.

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.