IN RE ANGELIA P.

Docket No. S.F. 24184.

28 Cal.3d 908 (1981)

623 P.2d 198

171 Cal. Rptr. 637

In re ANGELIA P., a Minor. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Petitioner and Respondent, v. RONALD P. et al., Objectors and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

February 11, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Joan E. Martin and Quin Denvir, State Public Defender, under appointments by the Court of Appeal, Antonia D. Radillo, Deputy State Public Defender, and Clyde Blackmon for Objectors and Appellants.

George Deukmejian, Attorney General, Thomas E. Warriner, Assistant Attorney General, and Floyd D. Shimomura, Deputy Attorney General, for Petitioner and Respondent.

Peter C. Carton, Robert H. Mnookin, Neal Snyder, Michael S. Wald, John Sullivan Kenny, County Counsel (Shasta), David R. Frank, Karen Keating Jahr and Daniel N. Frink, Deputy County Counsel, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner and Respondent.


OPINION

RICHARDSON, J.

What degree of proof should be required in proceedings brought under section 232, subdivision (a), of the Civil Code (all further statutory references are to this code unless otherwise cited) which describes the circumstances under which a parent-child relationship may be permanently severed? We will adopt the standard of "clear and convincing" evidence and sustain the trial court's decision to sever the relationship...

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