Perspective
Sep. 2, 2016
Protect children from abusive noncustodial parents
Can a juvenile court "remove" a child from a parent with whom the child does not reside? What would that mean, and why would a court want or need to do it? By Frank J. Menetrez
4th Appellate District, Division 2
Frank J. Menetrez
Associate Justice
California Court of Appeal
UCLA School of Law
Can a juvenile court "remove" a child from a parent with whom the child does not reside? What would that mean, and why would a court want or need to do it?
Consider the following scenario: The children live with their mother. Their father does not live there, but he stops by on a regular basis. When he does come to the mother's home, he is often intoxicated and violent, assaults the mother, and beats the children. Variat...
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