IN RE H.K.

No. B242800.

217 Cal.App.4th 1422 (2013)

159 Cal. Rptr. 3d 144

In re H.K., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. H.K., Defendant and Appellant.

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

June 26, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kimberly A. Knill, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

John F. Krattli, County Counsel, James M. Owens, Assistant County Counsel, and Kimberly A. Roura, Associate County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

KLEIN, P. J.

H.K. appeals a postdispositional order denying her request to be placed with C.K., her adult half-sibling who lives in Arizona. The juvenile court denied the request because C.K. has a 1995 Oregon conviction of first degree manslaughter, which is equivalent to a conviction of voluntary manslaughter in California, and California law prohibits placement of a child in the home of any person, including a relative, who...

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