Adoption of Malia D.
K.D. is the mother of Malia D. Malia's father, Jarrod D., was murdered by K.'s parents. K. was convicted of being an accessory after the fact (Pen. Code, § 32) and of committing perjury during the grand jury proceedings. Though her conviction was as a post-murder accessory, the trial court in the instant matter found her "denial that she knew of her parents' murderous plans before they were carried out is not credible. The inducements that led K.'s parents to plan and carry out Jarrod's murder could only have come from her." The trial court concluded that K.'s complicity was not simply after the fact but of the murder itself. Malia is now thriving in the care and custody of Richard and Susan D., her paternal grandparents, who seek to adopt her. Like the trial court, we decline to return Malia to the custody of a mother complicit in her father's murder. Court affirm.
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