Does a failure to file a respondent's brief constitute an admission of error?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from B.A. v. Dallin H., B277851 (Cal. App. 2018):
Kennedy v. Eldridge (2011) 201 Cal.App.4th 1197, 1203 ["we do not treat the failure to file a respondent's brief as a 'default' (i.e., an admission of error) but independently examine the record and reverse only if prejudicial error is found"].)
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