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IN RE BABY GIRL M.

Docket No. L.A. 31786.

37 Cal.3d 65 (1984)

688 P.2d 918

207 Cal. Rptr. 309

In re BABY GIRL M. SAN DIEGO COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. EDWARD M., Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

October 22, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Joseph D'Addario, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Lloyd M. Harmon, Jr., and Donald L. Clark, County Counsel, and Arlene Prater, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Christian R. Van Deusen, John H. Larson, County Counsel (Los Angeles), Donald Byrne, Chief Deputy County Counsel, Sterling Honea and Thomas Tyrrell, Deputy County Counsel, and David Keene Leavitt as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

SONENSHINE, J.*

We are asked to determine whether the trial court erred in terminating a natural father's parental rights by considering only the best interests of the child without first considering whether an award of custody to him would be detrimental to the child. We conclude Civil Code section 46001 is applicable to all...

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