J.K.

INTRODUCTION

Petitioner, J.K. (mother), filed an extraordinary writ petition (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.452)1 in propria persona regarding her minor children, H.K. and S.K. (collectively “the minors”). Mother seeks relief from the juvenile court’s order issued at the status review hearing setting a Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26 hearing.2 We will deny the petition.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A section 300 juvenile dependency petition regarding the minors was filed August 9, 2012. The next day the juvenile court conducted a detention hearing at which it found that allowing the minors to remain in the home of the parents would be contrary to their welfare and ordered that temporary placement and care of the minors be vested in the Merced County Human Services Agency (agency). At the time of this order, the minors were age 4 and age 2, respectively. On October 3, 2012, at the jurisdiction hearing, the juvenile court found the allegations of the petition true. On November 1, 2012, at the disposition hearing, the court made various findings, including that “there is a substantial danger to the physical health and safety, or physical or emotional well-being of…