CHRISTENSEN v. LIGHTBOURNE

No. S245395.

7 Cal.5th 761 (2019)

ANGIE CHRISTENSEN, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. WILL LIGHTBOURNE, as Director, etc., et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

July 8, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra , Attorneys General, Jonathan L. Wolff , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Janill L. Richards , Principal Deputy State Solicitor General, Julie Weng-Gutierrez , Assistant Attorney General, Geoffrey H. Wright , Associate Deputy State Solicitor General, Susan M. Carson , Jennifer A. Bunshoft and Michael J. Mongan , Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendants and Appellants.

Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County, Hope G. Nakamura , Trinh Phan ; Western Center on Law & Poverty, Richard A. Rothschild , Alexander Prieto , Rebecca C. Miller ; Legal Aid of Marin and Stephanie E. Haffner for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Betty Nordwind , Patrick Lynch , David Ettinger and Rebecca Fischer for Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

Jennifer Braun , Angela Schwartz , Elise Weinberg , Nisha Kashyap , Rachel Stein ; Remcho, Johansen & Purcell and Robin B. Johansen for Alliance for Children's Rights as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

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