Does a father need to look after his own legal rights by asking the juvenile court to order a bonding study before terminating his parental rights?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Lorenzo C., In re, 54 Cal.App.4th 1330, 63 Cal.Rptr.2d 562 (Cal. App. 1997):
Here, the father did not look after his own legal rights by asking the juvenile court to exercise its discretion in favor of ordering a bonding study. (See Sommer v. Martin (1921) 55 Cal.App. 603, 610, 204 P. 33.) He has therefore waived for appellate purposes his contention that the juvenile court should have required a bonding study before terminating his parental rights.
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