In re N.W. CA4/2
Appellants are the dependent children in this case, half siblings E.S. and N.W., who were living in a foster home with L.C. (foster mother). Foster mother applied for de facto parent status but did not serve her papers on any parties in the action. The court granted her application for de facto parent status without notice to the other parties or a hearing. Afterward, the children moved to vacate the court’s order on the ground that the court had violated their due process rights by granting de facto parent status without notice and a hearing. At the hearing on the motion to vacate, foster mother voluntarily relinquished her de facto parent status. The court nevertheless ruled that its de facto parent order was valid when granted.
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