In re Nathan F. CA2/2
In this juvenile dependency case, K.F. (mother) gave birth to Nathan F. (Nathan) in 2002, and the next year disappeared from his life. In 2016, the juvenile court exerted dependency jurisdiction over Nathan because his father’s failing health made it impossible for him to continue to care for then-13-year-old Nathan. The day after the juvenile court terminated dependency jurisdiction and named Nathan’s half sister as his guardian, mother filed a petition under Welfare and Institutions Code section 388 (and a follow-on petition) claiming that she never received notice of the proceedings and seeking to restart the dependency proceedings. The juvenile court denied the petitions, and mother appeals one of the denials. We conclude that the efforts to locate mother complied with due process, and that the juvenile court did not err in denying mother’s petitions to reopen this case.
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