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California Court of Appeal, Third District · 2010
K.C. v. Superior Court, 182 Cal. App. 4th 1388 (Cal. Ct. App. 2010)
The court upheld denial of reunification services because nicotine dependence was embedded in a broader history of severe neglect, prior removals, failure to supervise, and lackadaisical remediation. It does not establish that prenatal smoking or nicotine exposure alone supports dependency or denial of reunification.
Later courts cite it without significant positive or negative signal.
Treatment last confirmed August 19, 2026. Case-wide subsequent treatment; human-set. Not specific to any one passage.