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IN RE MATTHEW P.

Nos. G023528, G023882.

84 Cal.Rptr.2d 269 (1999)

71 Cal.App.4th 841

In re MATTHEW P. et al., Persons Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. Orange County Social Services Agency, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Sara P. et al., Defendants; Mike K. et al., Movants and Appellants. In re Matthew P. et al., Persons Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. Orange County Social Services Agency, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Sara P. et al., Defendants; Mike K. et al., Interveners and Appellants.

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

April 5, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rich Pfeiffer, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Movants and Appellants and for Interveners and Appellants.

Laurence M. Watson, County Counsel, and Amy E. Morgan, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Harold LaFlamme, Santa Ana, and Craig E. Arthur, under appointments by the Court of Appeal, for the Minors.

OPINION

SONENSHINE, J.

This case illustrates the tension between the procedural due process rights of a party to a dependency proceeding and the power of the juvenile court to control the conduct of a hearing on a modification petition. Because we find due process rights were violated, we reverse the denial of the modification petition and remand for a new hearing. We lament, however, the eight months consumed while this appeal has progressed through this...

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