Persons Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. Alameda Cnty. Soc. Servs. Agency v. Marina F. (In re Southern)

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15 Cal. App. 5th 308·222 Cal. Rptr. 3d 873
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaAugust 15, 2017A144936; A145352California9,708 words

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Reardon, J.

*311 Andrew C. (minor) came to the attention of the dependency system on September 20, 2014, when-at less than one month old-he was admitted to the hospital with injuries including a skull fracture, bilateral hematomas on both sides of the brain, diffused retinal hemorrhage in his right eye, and multiple old fractures of the ribs. After an extended contested hearing held between February 6 and April 24, 2015, the juvenile court concluded that Andrew's father, L.C. (father), was responsible for the infant's serious injuries and denied father reunification services. Last year, we issued an opinion in response to writ petitions filed by Marina F. (mother) and father seeking extraordinary relief from the juvenile court order terminating mother's reunification services with respect to Andrew *876 and setting a permanency planning hearing pursuant to section 366.26 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. 1 ( Marina F. v. Superior Court (June 13, 2016, A147266, 2016 WL 3398180 [nonpub. opn.].) We denied both petitions, concluding that the bulk of the parents' arguments were not cognizable by writ as they involved challenges to the juvenile court's jurisdictional finding that father was…

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