In re Daniel M. (1993) 16 Cal. App. 4th 878 [20 Cal. Rptr. 2d 291]

Jun 17, 1993

OUTCOME: The appellate court decision upheld the trial court judgment in my client's favor. This case created new law in California by assisting children who had been abandoned by a parent.

I was trial and appellate counsel. A child was abandoned by his father. The child's step-father wanted to adopt the child but the birth father refused to consent. We took this case to trial to termi ... nate the birth father's parental rights.