In re M.C. CA5

INTRODUCTION

C.C. (mother) appeals from an order terminating jurisdiction over her daughter, M.C., pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 364,1 granting sole legal and physical custody to John C. (father), and ordering supervised visitation for mother. Mother also challenges the court’s failure to place M.C. with mother and argues she was not provided reasonable reunification services, denied visitation with M.C., and deprived of due process by the court’s placement order and termination order that failed to provide mother with reasonable visitation. We agree with Kern County Department of Human Services (the department) that mother’s challenge to the court’s removal and custody orders, as well as her arguments regarding the department’s provision of reasonable reunification services or visitation prior to the six-month review hearing, should have been raised by appeal after the dispositional judgment and other orders. Mother also forfeited any argument that she was not provided reasonable reunification services after the six-month review hearing and as to the exit visitation order by not raising those objections during the section 364 hearing. We affirm.

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