FIRST DISTRICT APPELLATE PROJECT
Join us on Friday April 26, 2024 at beautiful Preservation Park in Oakland for our in-person training event. We will have criminal and dependency breakout sessions, a keynote speaker, lunch, and the opportunity to connect with your colleagues. Approximately 5 hours of MCLE credit, including appellate and criminal specialization, will be provided.
This year’s criminal breakout session are: Recent Legal Developments in Criminal, Juvenile, and Civil Commitment Law; Turning Murder Into Manslaughter: The Six Pillars of the Manslaughter Defense and Other Rousing Stories; and Current Issues in Sentencing and Resentencing Appeals.
The dependency breakout sessions are: A Guide to Dependency Practice in the First District; Emerging and Recurring Issues in Dependency Appeals; and Mootness: It Will Never Be Moot for This Family.
The group sessions will include a panel on Oral Argument – Showing Up and Standing Up For Our Clients and a presentation on Summoning the Genie: How Legislative Action Can Benefit Our Clients. See the seminar syllabus for the full line-up of topics and speakers.
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A167362
In an appeal from the 18-month review hearing, the Court agrees that the reasonable services finding is not supported by substantial evidence. Father was improperly denied any form of visitation or contact wtih the children after the spring of 2021. The juvenile court’s delegation to the Agency of whether visitation between father and the children would occur was improper.
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