WARD v. SAN DIEGO COUNTY DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVICES

Civ. No. 87-0938-JLI (CM).

691 F.Supp. 238 (1988)

James Michael WARD, Plaintiff, v. SAN DIEGO COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES; et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. California.

August 5, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen Stawiecki, San Diego, Cal., for plaintiff.

Gerard Smolin, Jr. and Dearing English of Jennings, Engstrand & Henrickson, San Diego, Cal., for defendants Voices for Children and Charlotte Gerry.


MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER

IRVING, District Judge.

Plaintiff James Ward ("Ward" or "Plaintiff") is the father of a minor child, Gerrit Ward, and defendant Emily Hayes ("Hayes") is Gerrit's mother. Hayes and Ward were divorced and in 1984 the court awarded custody of Gerrit to Ward. In early March 1986, while visiting his mother, Gerrit apparently told her that his step-mother was abusing him. As a result, Hayes refused to return Gerrit to his father....

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