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IN RE A.L.

No. B242179.

224 Cal.App.4th 354 (2014)

168 Cal. Rptr. 3d 589

In re A.L. et al., Persons Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. J.P., Defendant; A.L., Appellant; LOS ANGELES TIMES COMMUNICATIONS LLC, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Eight.

March 3, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph D. MacKenzie , under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Appellant.

William Wesley Patton for Whittier Law School Legal Policy Clinic as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Appellant.

Kenneth Krekorian for Los Angeles Dependency Lawyers, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Appellant.

No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Davis Wright Tremaine , Kelli L. Sager , Rochelle L. Wilcox , Jeff Glasser , Dan Laidman ; and Karlene W. Goller for Los Angeles Times Communications LLC as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondent.

Frederick R. Bennett for Los Angeles Superior Court as Amicus Curiae, upon the request of the Court of Appeal.

Marcy Forgey for California Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry as Amicus Curiae.

Robert C. Fellmeth , Elisa Weichel , Christina Riehl and Ed Howard for Children's Advocacy Institute as Amicus Curiae.

OPINION

GRIMES, J. —

SUMMARY

The child in this dependency case appeals the juvenile court's order allowing access by the Los Angeles Times (The Times) to the dependency proceedings. In allowing access, the juvenile court complied with a blanket order from the presiding judge of the juvenile court. The blanket order provides that all members of the press "shall be allowed access" to dependency hearings unless there is a reasonable...

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