In re G.H. CA4/2

I.

INTRODUCTION

Defendant and appellant, A.B. (Mother) appeals the juvenile court’s order

terminating her parental rights to her four minor children. She argues the juvenile court

erroneously denied her request to continue the hearing under Welfare and Institutions 1 Code section 366.26, during which her parental rights were terminated, and erroneously

found that the beneficial parental relationship exception to adoption did not apply. We

affirm.

II.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In January 2021, plaintiff and respondent, Riverside County Department of Public

Social Services (Department) received a referral alleging general neglect and emotional

abuse of Mother’s four minor children, seven-year-old Ga.H., five-year-old N.H., four- 2 year-old E.H., and 20-month-old Gi.H. Ga.H. reported he saw Father hitting Mother.

A Department social worker investigating the referral interviewed the parents and

children. Mother confirmed Father’s recent abuse and reported that they both have a

history of using methamphetamine. Mother has been in several substance abuse

1 All further statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code. 2 Because Father is not a party to…