Los Angeles County Department of Children & Family Services v. Daniel L.

The six minor children of appellant Daniel L. (Father) now live with their mother in Florida. The juvenile court has terminated the court’s jurisdiction over the children. Father contends he did not receive notice of the court’s final orders and argues he is therefore entitled to reversal. The parties agree that he was not given notice of the hearing but dispute the nature of the hearing and whether notice was required. Finding *1281 that Father should have been given notice regarding the exit orders, we reverse and remand for a hearing so that he will have an opportunity to contest the content of the exit orders.

Procedural History and Statement of Facts

A petition filed in the juvenile court in February 1993 alleged inter alia that minors were periodically exposed to violent confrontations between their parents that endangered their physical and emotional safety. 1 The minors were briefly placed in foster care and then were placed with their mother, with whom they have remained.

Minors were detained and later placed with their mother, who moved to Florida. By September 1995, while at least one of the previous appeals was pending, the Los Angeles Department of…