INGRID E. v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. C033263.

89 Cal.Rptr.2d 407 (1999)

75 Cal.App.4th 751

INGRID E., Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT of Sacramento County, Respondent, Sacramento County Department of Health and Human Services et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

October 7, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terrence L. Smrekar, Sacramento, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Joanne East, Office of the County Counsel; Melinda Vaughn, Sacramento Child Advocates; and, Dale Wilson, Sacramento, for Real Parties in Interest.


NICHOLSON, Acting P.J.

In this writ proceeding we consider the propriety of a juvenile court order denying the parent a contested hearing at a critical juncture in a dependency proceeding — ordinarily the final opportunity of a parent to obtain the return of a minor to parental custody. Under the circumstances presented here, we conclude the court's order was an abuse of its discretion. Accordingly, we grant petitioner's request to issue a peremptory writ of...

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