Jones
City & County of San Francisco Department of Social Services v. Jones
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Kline, J.
Shedrick Jones appeals from an order declaring his son, Aaron S., a dependent of the court. The court sustained the dependency petition on a number of grounds pertaining to the child’s mother and one pertaining to appellant, that appellant was incarcerated and had not arranged for placement of the child before he was removed from the mother’s custody. Appellant contends that the court misinterpreted the statute upon which this latter allegation was based, that the petition failed to provide him with adequate notice, and that the court failed to comply with a requirement that a written stipulation be obtained before a case may be heard by a temporary judge
Statement of the Case and Facts
On October 26, 1988, a petition was filed alleging that Aaron S., age two years, came within the provisions of Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivision (a). 1 In the first six counts, the petition alleged that Aaron *205 was in need of proper and effective parental care and supervision and had no parent or guardian actually, or capable of, exercising such care and supervision in that (1) the mother had a substance abuse problem which required treatment as it rendered her…