Representative Cases
Family Law
- Mother was arrested at the international border for smuggling a large amount of marijuana from Mexico into the United States. Fifteen-month-old Minor was in Mother’s car at the time of her arrest. Minor was removed from her parent’s custody with the aim of eventual parental reunification. At Minor's jurisdiction and disposition hearing, the court stated it retained jurisdiction of the case pursuant to the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (Fam. Code, § 3400 et seq.) because the family courts in Tijuana and Ensenada, Mexico, had declined to exercise jurisdiction over Minor. Minor was eventually placed with Mother in Mexico and reports showed that the child was doing well. Father claimed that conditions still existed that justified the initial assumption of jurisdiction.