IN RE SARA D.

No. F034964.

104 Cal.Rptr.2d 909 (2001)

87 Cal.App.4th 661

In re SARA D., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. Kern County Department of Human Services, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Taylor D., Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

March 14, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Colin J. Heran, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Sacramento, for Defendant and Appellant.

B.C. Barmann, Sr., County Counsel, and Mark L. Nations, Chief Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

THAXTER, Acting P.J.

In this case of first impression, we conclude that before appointment of a guardian ad litem for a parent in a Welfare and Institutions Code section 3001 proceeding, the parent's right to due process requires an informal hearing and an opportunity for the parent to be heard. The failure to provide the parent with an opportunity to be heard in...

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