CYNTHIA D. v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. S025807.

5 Cal.4th 242 (1993)

851 P.2d 1307

19 Cal. Rptr.2d 698

CYNTHIA D., Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Respondent; SAN DIEGO COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

June 1, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Glenn J. Cox for Petitioner.

Thor O. Emblem and Tracy L. Emblem as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Llloyd M. Harmon, County Counsel, Susan Strom, Chief Deputy County Counsel, and Gary C. Seiser, Deputy County Counsel, for Respondent.

No appearance for Real Party in Interest.

Gary Plavnick for Minor.


OPINION

PANELLI, J.

This is one of several cases we have taken to resolve recurring issues involving juvenile dependency proceedings pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 300 et seq.1 The sole issue raised in the petition for review in this case is a due process challenge to the statutory provisions that allow termination of parental rights based on a lesser standard of proof than clear and...

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