In re L.L.

L.L. was a ten-year-old girl when the juvenile court issued an order finding B.S. was her presumed father pursuant to Family Code1 section 7611, subdivision (d), and also finding he was a third parent pursuant to section 7612, subdivision (c). T.L., another presumed father of L.L., and D.Z., L.L.'s mother (Mother), appealed that order, arguing: (1) there was insufficient evidence to support the court's finding that B.S. was a presumed father of L.L. under section 7611, subdivision (d); (2) the court erred in interpreting section 7612, subdivision (c), and by finding B.S. was a third parent under that statute; and (3) the court erred by not conducting the weighing process between the claims of the two presumed fathers that section 7612, subdivision (b), required. The Court of Appeal concluded there was substantial evidence to support the court's finding that B.S. was a presumed father of L.L., but the court erred in interpreting section 7612, subdivision (c), by finding B.S. was a third parent under that statute, and by not conducting the weighing process required under section 7612, subdivision (b). View "In re L.L." on Justia Law