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WEST v. SUPERIOR COURT OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY

Docket No. C026561.

59 Cal.App.4th 302 (1997)

BARBARA WEST, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Respondent; PAMELA LOCKREM, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

November 19, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Sharon M. Huddle for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Livingston & Mattesich, Tim Ragan and Kathleen E. Finnerty for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

NICHOLSON, J.

In this case, we revisit the issue of whether the courts have jurisdiction to entertain a nonparent's petition to establish parental rights to custody and visitation. We conclude they do not.

Barbara West, mother of Cady, petitions for a writ of mandate challenging a temporary order of the trial court granting real party in interest Pamela Lockrem, West...

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