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Case Summaries
Family Law
[03/15]
In re S.A.
Juvenile court's order declaring petitioner's daughter a dependent of the court under Welfare and Institutions Code section 300(d), following the court's true finding by clear and convincing evidence on the sexual molestation allegation by petitioner, is affirmed where: 1) petitioner's ineffective assistance of counsel claim fails as he lacks standing to assert the child's statutory right to be represented by competent counsel when that right is personal to the child; and 2) the petitioner's remaining contentions lack merit.
[03/11]
A.H. v. Sup. Ct.
A father's writ of mandate seeking relief from a juvenile court order terminating his family reunification services and setting a permanency hearing is denied as the court correctly weighed and considered all relevant factors under all three code provisions, including the father's incarceration, in making its decision and the court's reasoning was logical and amply supported by the record.
Probate Trusts
[02/25]
Conservatorship of John L.
In a petition to establish a conservatorship of a person pursuant to the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, the judgment of the court of appeal is affirmed where: 1) the superior court did not violate the LPS Act when it excused the individual's production and proceeded without him in attendance at a hearing to establish a conservatorship of his person; and 2) the superior court did not violate his due process rights.
[02/25]
Donahue v. Donahue
Trial court's order, charging a trust with some $5 million in past and ongoing attorney fees incurred on behalf of a former trustee in defending against the beneficiary's allegations of self-dealing and conflict of interest is reversed as it cannot be determined from the trial court's order whether the fee awards are consistent with applicable legal principles. Long-established principles of trust law impose a double-barreled reasonableness requirement where: 1) the fee award must be reasonable in amount and reasonably necessary to the conduct of litigation; and 2) it also must be reasonable and appropriate for the benefit of the trust.
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