BB-10-c-8 — c-9
April 17, 1978
Meeting with Louis Highman, Attorney & his law assistant, Nancy Williams regarding Mona’s adoption case.
Highman said that San Francisco Probation is pressing to have the matter transferred to LA County. Highman is going to ask for a 3-week continuance to give him time to prepare a better counterattack. Furthermore, he will be in LA area and will make it a point to see the director of Cameria State Hospital with the hope of soliciting their cooperation by establishing Denise’s (Mona’s natural mom) ineligibility to care [for] a child. He feels he will have to subpoena the doctor and Denise’s medical records in order to get them to cooperate.
Highman & his assistant agree that we can’t get guardianship at this time, & will not be able until the medical records are before the court. He explained that serious legal questions are being raised all over the state regarding what constitutes a mentally disturbed person & their need to be “caught up” in state hospitals. In other words we’re going nowhere until medical records are obtained.
He said he hadn’t called Willie Brown. It appeared like he still wasn’t convinced that I have a contact with Willie & I [illegible word] and that I had a friend that knew Willie well and had said that Willie would help in any way possible. He (again) said that he could use an amicus curae from Brown & that his office would prepare it for Willie to sign. I think Wesley Johnson should go to Willie Brown and have him call Highman so this matter can be taken care of as soon as possible.
I asked him if letters to the judge would help. He said, yes; especially from professional people. They should be addressed to the judge & copies sent to Highman & the probation department ([illegible name]).
The matter will most likely be continued to the 3rd wk. in May – I should have the exact date by next week.
Guy Young