ADOPTION OF M.S.

No. C060992.

181 Cal.App.4th 50 (2010)

103 Cal.Rptr.3d 715

Adoption of M.S., a Minor. ELEANOR P. et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. STATE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

January 19, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Richard G. Fathy and Richard G. Fathy for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Douglas M. Press, Assistant Attorney General, Julie Weng-Gutierrez and Niromi L. Wijewantha, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

SIMS, J.

This is a tragic case in which there can be no good ending for anyone.

Appellants Eleanor P. and Martin S. appeal from an order denying their petition to set aside their Ukrainian adoption of a Ukrainian girl, M.S. The petition was opposed by the State Department of Social Services (the Department or DSS). Appellants contend the trial court erred in construing ...

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