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- Title: In the Matter of: J.A.
- Author : California Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 07, 1998
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 70 KB
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In this case, we must decide whether the State presented enough evidence to establish probable cause that J.A., a nine-year-old passenger in a drunk driving accident, was in imminent and substantial risk of physical harm. This was not an isolated instance of drunk driving for J.A.s father, the driver of the car; he has a history of four prior reckless and drunk driving convictions, including two since 1992. Moreover, J.A.s parents have longstanding substance abuse problems, and their pattern of domestic violence had driven the mother from the home on the day of the accident. Because a probable cause determination must be made in light of the totality of the circumstances, we conclude that the trial judge erred in failing to find probable cause that J.A. was in need of aid.