In re F.C.
In September 2005, L.F. (mother) petitioned the superior court to free her children from the parental custody and control of their father, F.C., Jr. (father or FCJ). In February 2006, the superior court granted mothers petition and father appealed. On February 21, 2007, this court filed an opinion reversing the superior court order for failure to appoint counsel for the minor children, defects in the court-appointed investigators report, lingering questions about fathers intent to abandon the children, and the courts possible misplaced reliance upon Family Code section 7825 (parent convicted of felony; right of action). After the opinion was filed, father committed a residential burglary resulting in a four-year term in state prison. Upon our remand of the matter, Kern County Family Court Services prepared supplemental reports, the court conducted further proceedings, and fathers parental rights were again terminated. He appeals and we affirm the orders terminating parental rights based on the trial courts finding of abandonment ( 7822).
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