Is a judge's failure to make an express finding on a material issue prejudicial?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from F.P. v. Monier, 166 Cal.Rptr.3d 551 (Cal. App. 2014):

guardian must be reversed." ( Id. at p. 336, 128 Cal.Rptr. 10, 546 P.2d 298 ; see McAdams v. McElroy (1976) 62 Cal.App.3d 985, 996, 133 Cal.Rptr. 637 ["failure to make an express finding on a material issue is not always prejudicial"].)

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