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GUARDIANSHIP OF ANN S.

No. S143723.

45 Cal.4th 1110 (2009)

Guardianship of ANN S., a Minor. A.B. et al., Petitioners and Respondents, v. A.C., Objector and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

March 19, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kimball J. P. Sargeant, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Objector and Appellant.

C. Athena Roussos; Law Office of Karen Ehler, Karen Ehler; Ishikawa Law Office and Brandon Ishikawa for Petitioners and Respondents.

Gradstein & Gorman and Marc Gradstein for Academy of California Adoption Lawyers and Academy of California Family Formation Lawyers as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners and Respondents.

No appearance for Minor.

Donna Wickham Furth for Northern California Association of Counsel for Children and Legal Services for Children as Amici Curiae on behalf of Minor.

OPINION

CORRIGAN, J.—

In 2003 the Legislature enacted Probate Code section 1516.5, making it easier for children in probate guardianships to be adopted by their guardians. (Stats. 2003, ch. 251, § 11; hereafter, section 1516.5.)1 Section 1516.5 authorizes the termination of parental rights when the guardianship has continued for at least two years, and...

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