BIANKA M. v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. S233757.

5 Cal.5th 1004 (2018)

BIANKA M., a Minor, etc., Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; GLADYS M., Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

August 16, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irell & Manella, Miller Barondess , Joshua C. Lee , Emily A. Sanchirico , David A. Schwarz , Stephen A. Rossi , Meiqiang Cui ; Public Counsel, Judith London ; Immigrant Defenders Law Center, University of Baltimore School of Law, Immigrant Rights Clinic and Nickole G. Miller for Petitioner.

Xavier Becerra , Attorney General, Edward C. Dumont , State Solicitor General, Michael J. Mongan , Deputy State Solicitor General, and Samuel P. Siegel , Associate Deputy State Solicitor General, for Attorney General as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Erin C. Smith , Jennafer D. Wagner , Nancy Lemon , Shuray Ghorishi , Catherine Ongiri , Anya Emerson ; Mayer Brown , Donald M. Falk , Samantha Booth , Lilya Mitelman ; and Jane K. Stoever for Family Violence Appellate Project, the University of California, Irvine School of Law Domestic Violence Clinic, Alternatives to Violence, the California Women's Law Center, Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project, Professor Wendy M. Seiden, the Legal Aid Society of Orange County and Community Legal Services in Southeast Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice and the San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program, Inc., as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Julian W. Poon , Eric A. Westlund , Nathanial P. Johnson , Victor Lee , Lali Madduri , Jennifer Rho , Sarah G. Reisman and Daniel M. Bruggebrew for the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, the Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice and the Immigrant Defenders Law Center as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

O'Melveny & Myers, Matthew W. Close , David A. Lash , Marion M. Read , Kelly Volkar and Katie Gosewehr for Mental Health Organizations as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Ribet & Silver and Claudia Ribet for the Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law and the Association of Certified Family Law Specialists as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Horvitz & Levy, Barry R. Levy , Mark A. Kressel and Allison W. Meredith for Senator Kevin de Leon, President Pro Tempore of the California State Senate, Anthony Rendon, Speaker of the California State Assembly, Senator Toni Atkins, Speaker Emeritus of the California State Assembly, Senator Ben Hueso, Chair of the Latino Legislative Caucus and Senator Ricardo Lara, former Chair of the Latino Legislative Caucus as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Daniel Grunfeld , David Sean Cox , Nicolette L. Young , Lauren S. Schwartz and Thomas M. Peterson for Legal Services for Children, Immigration Center for Women and Children, Law Foundation of Silicon Valley and Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

No appearance for Real Party in Interest.

Barnes & Thornburg, L. Rachel Lerman and Joseph Wahl as Amici Curiae, upon the request of the Supreme Court.


OPINION

At the age of 10, petitioner Bianka M., a native and citizen of Honduras, entered the United States unaccompanied and without prior authorization. After a brief detention by federal authorities, she was reunited with her mother, who had left Honduras for the...

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