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IN RE CHARLOTTE D.

No. S142028.

45 Cal.4th 1140 (2009)

In re CHARLOTTE D., a Minor. CORNELIS D. et al., Petitioners and Respondents, v. RONALD D., Objector and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

March 19, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard C. Gilman, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Objector and Appellant.

Douglas R. Donnelly; John L. Dodd & Associates and John L. Dodd for Petitioners and Respondents.

No appearance for Minor.

Robert R. Walmsley, Ted R. Youmans and Elizabeth A. Christopher for Academy of California Adoption Lawyers and Academy of California Family Formation Lawyers as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners and Respondents and Minor.

OPINION

CORRIGAN, J. —

This case, like Guardianship of Ann S. (2009) 45 Cal.4th 1110 (Ann S.), concerns the constitutionality of Probate Code section 1516.5 (hereafter, section 1516.5). Under section 1516.5, parental rights may be terminated based on the child's best interest after two years of probate guardianship, when a guardian seeks to adopt the child.1

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