Wanda B. v. Superior Court

In Wanda B. v. Superior Court (1996) 41 Cal.App.4th 1391, the court held that where the juvenile court had issued a dispositional order denying the mother reunification services, and she did not appeal that order, she could not, six months later, challenge the order denying services in conjunction with a writ petition from an order setting a .26 hearing. (Id. at pp. 1395-1396.) It reasoned: "Because the mother did not appeal from or otherwise seek review of the order denying her services in a timely fashion, it is now a final judgment. This court is accordingly without jurisdiction to consider her current challenge by means of her writ petition." (Id. at p. 1396.)