C.C.
C.C. v. L.B.
Opinion
Opinion
Cody, J.
Filed 11/26/
CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION SIX
C.C., 2d Civ. No. B331558 (Super. Ct. No. 21FL-0553) Plaintiff and Appellant, (San Luis Obispo County)
v.
L.B. et al.,
Respondents.
More than a decade after consenting to terminate his parental rights to a child born from his sperm donation, appellant C.C. petitioned the family court to establish himself as a presumed father under Family Code section 7611, subdivision (d) 1 and as a third parent under section 7612, subdivision (c). He contends the trial court’s order granting respondents’ motion to quash his amended petition to establish a parental relationship is contrary to decades of custody and parenting law, requiring reversal and remand. He describes this appeal as crucial to the protection of non-traditional families in California, asserting
1 Further statutory references are to the Family Code. there is no evidence to support a finding that he relinquished his right to enforce a legal parenting relationship and that his post- adoption conduct for over a decade entitles him to parenting…