California Supreme Court August 4, 2003, No. S099557 (Orange County Social Services Agency v. Stacy S.)

Opinion

BAXTER, J.

In a juvenile dependency appeal from an order terminating parental rights, may the Court of Appeal receive and consider post-judgment evidence that was never before the juvenile court, and rely on such evidence outside the record on appeal to reverse the judgment? The general answer is no, although in the rare and compelling case an exception may be *400warranted.