Christina C. v. County of Orange

Filed 10/1/13; pub. and mod. order 10/29/13 (see end of opn.)

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

CHRISTINA C. et al.,

Plaintiffs and Appellants, G047805

v. (Super. Ct. No. 30-2011-00437624)

COUNTY OF ORANGE et al., OPINION

Defendants and Respondents.

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Orange County, John C. Gastelum, Judge. Affirmed. Gary Paul Levinson for Plaintiffs and Appellants. Koeller, Nebeker, Carlson & Haluck, William L. Haluck, Matthew B. Golper and Zachary M. Schwartz, for Defendants and Respondents. * * * C.C. and his mother, Christina C. (mother), appeal from the trial court’s

summary judgment in favor of the County of Orange, its Social Services Agency (SSA), and several of SSA’s social workers.1 Plaintiffs complain the trial court erred in concluding public employee immunity (Gov. Code, § 820.2) barred their claims arising

from SSA’s decision to remove 10-year-old C.C. from mother’s care and place him with father, only to return C.C. to…