(Download) "In Re Zeth S." by California Supreme Court * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: In Re Zeth S.
- Author : California Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 04, 2003
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 71 KB
Description
In a juvenile dependency appeal from an order terminating parental rights, may the Court of Appeal receive and consider postjudgment evidence that was never before the juvenile court, and rely on such evidence outside the record on appeal to reverse the judgment? The general answer is no, although in the rare and compelling case an exception may be warranted. In this case the Court of Appeal erred in receiving and considering such postjudgment evidence, presented for the first time through the unsworn statements of the minor's appointed appellate counsel in a letter brief, and in further relying on that evidence to reverse the juvenile court's order and judgment terminating parental rights. Accordingly, the judgment of the Court of Appeal must be reversed.