- Family: Riverside Superior Judge Michael Rushton’s finding that the Indian Child Welfare Act does not apply reversed and remanded with directions in In re D.B. (RIJ1400967/E080703)
- A mother appeals from an order terminating her parental rights following a protective custody warrant. She argued that Riverside County did not properly investigate her child’s ancestry as required by federal law. The county agreed it did not investigate, but said it did not have to, because the child was removed from the mother’s custody due to a protective custody warrant. The Court of Appeal disagreed with the county’s interpretation, and ordered an investigation.
- Criminal: Riverside Superior Judge Timothy Hollenhorst’s finding that a police search was constitutional reversed in People v. Viramontes
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