IN RE VANESSA M.

No. A109479.

41 Cal.Rptr.3d 909 (2006)

138 Cal.App.4th 1121

In re VANESSA M., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. Alameda County Social Services Agency, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Franklin M., Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Five.

April 25, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah Dentler, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Richard E. Winnie, County Counsel and Calvin James, Assistant County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


SIMONS, J.

In this juvenile dependency case, Franklin M. (Father) failed to appear for several court dates in a multi-day jurisdictional hearing. Dissatisfied with Father's explanations, the juvenile court in Alameda County imposed an "evidence sanction" barring Father's testimony, though he had appeared in a timely fashion and was prepared to testify on the date the sanction was imposed. The court then proceeded with the hearing and admitted additional evidence....

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