In re A.C. CA4/1

INTRODUCTION

In the juvenile dependency cases of her children, A.C. and J.C., J.W. (Mother) appeals orders summarily denying her Welfare and Institutions

Code1 section 388 petition to modify prior rulings terminating her reunification services and setting a section 366.26 hearing to select permanent plans for her children. Mother contends that the juvenile court abused its discretion by denying her request for an evidentiary hearing on her section 388 petition after finding she had not made prima facie showings that: (1) circumstances had changed since the prior orders; and (2) her requested new orders were in the children’s best interest. Respondent San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency (the Agency) has filed a combination motion to augment the record on appeal, for judicial notice, and to dismiss Mother’s appeal for mootness. The Agency requests that we augment the record on appeal with, or take judicial notice of, a subsequent section 388 petition filed by Mother and orders related to that petition. Mother’s subsequent petition sought to modify the same prior orders that terminated her reunification services. However, in the new petition Mother alleged different…