This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Juvenile

Nov. 7, 2008

State's Child Abuse Index Lacks Due Process, Panel Rules

A Los Angeles couple is living “every parent’s nightmare,” a 9th Circuit Court of Appeal panel wrote Wednesday in a ruling that challenges the constitutionality of the state’s procedures for maintaining its database of alleged child abusers.

By Greg Katz
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles couple is living "every parent's nightmare," a 9th Circuit Court of Appeal panel wrote Wednesday in a ruling that challenges the constitutionality of the state's procedures for maintaining its database of alleged child abusers.

After their rebellious 15-year-old daughter accused them of abuse, Craig and Wendy Humphries were arrested, their other children were put into foster care ...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up