ADOPTION OF ALEXANDER S.

Docket No. S000300.

44 Cal.3d 857 (1988)

750 P.2d 778

245 Cal. Rptr. 1

Adoption of ALEXANDER S., a Minor. MARK H. et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. TUDOR G. et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

March 17, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Bernard N. Wolf, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Abram A. Davis for Defendant and Appellant Nicoleta S.

No appearance for Defendant and Appellant Tudor G.

Jack B. Burstein, Smith & Burstein, William K. Coblentz, Coblentz, Cahen, McCabe & Breyer, Jerome B. Falk, Jr., Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Robertson & Falk, John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, John Davidson and Winifred Y. Smith, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiffs and Respondents.


OPINION

PANELLI, J.

The issue presented is whether the Court of Appeal had jurisdiction to address claims arising from a petition to withdraw consent to adoption. The trial court had denied the natural mother's petition to withdraw consent and no appeal from that judgment was brought within the limitations period of the California Rules of Court. Thus, the judgment denying the petition to withdraw consent became final. Upon the natural...

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