Maggie S. v. Superior Court

In Maggie S. v. Superior Court (2013) 220 Cal.App.4th 662, the juvenile court exercised jurisdiction over Mother's child, denied Mother services and set a section 366.26 hearing in the case, but it "failed to orally advise Mother of the writ requirement." (220 Cal.App.4th at p. 671.) The record showed that Mother had been mailed a copy of the form notice of intent to file a writ petition and an advisement of her rights. However, the juvenile court did not comply with the requirement that the "'court must give an oral advisement to parties present at the time the order is made.'" (Ibid.) Therefore, the Maggie S. court "excused Mother's lack of compliance with the writ requirement, and construed her purported appeal as a petition for extraordinary writ." (Ibid.)