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LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. B204618.

162 Cal.App.4th 1408 (2008)

LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; STACEY P. et al., Real Parties in Interest

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Eight.

May 16, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond G. Fortner, Jr., County Counsel, James M. Owens, Assistant County Counsel, O. Raquel Ramirez and Ali R. Sabouri, Deputy County Counsel, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Law Office of Timothy Martella, Eliot Lee Grossman and Renelde Espinoza for Real Party in Interest Stacey P.

Children's Law Center of Los Angeles, Carol B. Gasa Kittler and Kenneth Ichiroku for Minor.

OPINION

RUBIN, J.

We issued an order to show cause to consider whether a juvenile court may dismiss a dependency petition, sua sponte and with no advance notice, at the conclusion of a detention hearing. We conclude that, barring exceptional and exigent circumstances not present in this case, it may not. Accordingly, we grant the petition for writ of mandate of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (Department) to...

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