J.W. v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES CTY.

Docket No. B069928.

17 Cal.App.4th 958 (1993)

22 Cal. Rptr.2d 527

J.W., a Minor, etc., et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent.

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

August 5, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Horvitz & Levy, Lisa R. Jaskol, David S. Ettinger, Betty L. Nordwind and Blanche C. Bersch for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

De Witt W. Clinton, County Counsel, Frederick R. Bennett, Assistant County Counsel, and Sari J. Steel as Amici Curiae.


OPINION

EPSTEIN, J.

We hold that in a paternity action under the Uniform Parentage Act, a nonattorney mother cannot represent her minor son as guardian ad litem in propria persona, even though she cannot afford counsel and her son is a necessary party to the proceeding. We reach this conclusion because in California, as in other jurisdictions, absent specific statutory authorization...

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