In re J.M. CA1/5

BACKGROUND

In January 2011, the Contra Costa County Children & Family Services Bureau (Bureau) filed a section 300 dependency petition alleging that Minor (born in June 2006)

James M. is not J.M.’s biological father, but the juvenile court granted James M. presumed father status. All undesignated section references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code. 1 is within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court. The January petition and subsequent amended petitions alleged as the bases for jurisdiction, among other things, Minor’s parents’ drug abuse, domestic violence in the home, and extensive sexual abuse of Minor by parents. At the July 2011 contested jurisdictional hearing, the juvenile court sustained the allegations in the section 300 petition, as amended. At the November dispositional hearing, the court adjudged Minor a dependent of the court and denied both parents reunification services and visitation. The court also scheduled the section 366.26 permanency planning hearing. The Bureau’s report for the March 2012 section 366.26 hearing indicated Minor was healthy and developmentally on target. She was in her fourth placement, which began on November 1, 2011. The…