Case Summaries

4672            REVIEW DENIED  A public agency's decision to return to her father a child who had been taken into custody because of the father's violence and drug use was an exercise of discretion; an investigation performed before returning the child satisfies the requirement of Welfare and Institutions Code section 309, which requires an investigation be made under such circumstances, regardless of the reasonableness or adequacy of the investigation.

ORTEGA v SACRAMENTO COUNTY DEP'T OF HEALTH (Lousy Investigation) 161 CA4 713 [See: GovC 815.6, 820.2; Scott v County 27 CA4 125, T/AT 9/94; Ronald S v County 16 CA4 887, T/AT 8/93; Guzman v County of Monterey (RevGrtd) 155 CA4 645, T/AT 10/07]

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2008 Case Summaries

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