In re L.H. CA4/1
After granting K.V. and D.V.'s (the V.s) application to become de facto parents of L.H., the trial court, sua sponte, ordered that the V.s receive confidential reports pertaining to L.H.'s dependency. L.H.'s father, R.D., objected to the release of the reports, but the trial court overruled R.D.'s objection. Two days later, R.D. filed a motion for reconsideration of the trial court's sua sponte ruling ordering the disclosure of confidential reports and sought a stay of the court's order. R.D. attached a copy of this court's decision in B.F., supra, 190 Cal.App.4th 811 to his motion. In B.F., this court stated, "De facto parents do not have an automatic right to receive the Agency's reports and other documents filed with the court." (Id. at p. 817.) Instead, we explained, "[De facto parents] have standing to petition the juvenile court for the right to inspect or copy the case file." (Id. at p. 818.)
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