SAN BERNARDINO CTY. DEPT. OF PUB. v. SUPERIOR CT.

Docket No. E009021.

232 Cal.App.3d 188 (1991)

283 Cal. Rptr. 332

SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, Respondent; THE SUN NEWSPAPER, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Two.

July 12, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Alan K. Marks, County Counsel, Linda C. Stern, Deputy County Counsel, David L. McKenna, Public Defender, Joseph M. Petrasek, Deputy Public Defender, Juarez & Vega, John N. Vega, Howard, Friedman & Gebbie and Gloria Gebbie for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Thompson & Colegate and James D. Ward for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

HOLLENHORST, Acting P.J.

In this case, we hold that the constitutionally protected public right of access to trials and pretrial proceedings in criminal cases does not extend to juvenile dependency proceedings. However, members of the press are persons having a "direct and legitimate interest in the work of the court" and may be permitted to attend such proceedings in the exercise of the juvenile court's discretion under Welfare...

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