California Supreme Court November 30, 1992, No. S024958 (San Diego County Department of Social Services v. Sandra Z.)

Opinion

LUCAS, C. J.

We granted review to decide (i) whether parents who plead “no contest” to a petition alleging their child falls within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court under Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivision (e),1 may subsequently assert on appeal that their conduct does not in fact fall within that section; and, if so, (ii) whether the act of starving a child to