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California Courts of Appeal

Dec. 13, 2014

Attorneys at Bet Tzedek net ruling to help unaccompanied immigrant minors

Unaccompanied undocumented children must be treated the same as any other child seeking legal guardianship through the probate courts, according to a 2nd District Court of Appeal ruling.


By Melanie Brisbon


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Unaccompanied undocumented children must be treated the same as any other child seeking legal guardianship through the probate courts, according to a 2nd District Court of Appeal ruling.


The court's ruling comes after Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Clifford L. Klein initially denied a petition submitted by Israel R., a 17-year-old boy who left El Salvador, to have his uncle become his ...

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