Jayden G., In re (2023) B321426 B321426; filed 2/14/23. ![[Files/CaseFiles/B321426.PDF]] [Opinion PDF](https://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/archive/B321426.PDF) ## Rule excerpts Diligence in locating and notifying a missing parent; citing In re Mia M. (2022) 75 Cal.App.5th 792, 807-808 and quoting In re DeJohn B. (2000) 84 Cal.App.4th 100, 102. > In juvenile dependency proceedings, due process requires parents be given notice that is reasonably calculated to advise them that an action is pending and afford them an opportunity to defend. (In re Mia M., supra, 75 Cal.App.5th at p. 807.) Reasonable diligence includes not only “ ‘ “standard avenues available to help locate a missing parent,” but “ ‘specific ones most likely under the unique facts known to the [Agency] to yield [a parent’s] address.” ’ ” (Id. at pp. 807–808.) “Social services agencies, invested with a public trust and acting as temporary custodians of dependent minors, are bound by law to make every reasonable effort in attempting to inform parents of all hearings. They must leave no stone unturned.” (In re DeJohn B. (2000) 84 Cal.App.4th 100, 102.) — Jayden G., In re (2023) B321426, slip op., p. 11.