In re M.R. CA2/5

I. INTRODUCTION

L.R. (mother) appeals from the juvenile court’s order terminating parental rights to M.R. (the child) pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26.1 She contends the court erred by failing to conduct the analysis described in In re Caden C. (2021) 11 Cal.5th 614 (Caden C.) when determining that the parental benefit exception in section 366.26, subdivision (c)(1)(B)(i) did not apply.2 We affirm.

II. BACKGROUND

A. Detention and Jurisdiction

On February 5, 2021, the child (born August 2018) was detained from mother and placed with maternal grandmother and adult half sibling H.R. in Fresno. Maternal grandmother had been caring for the child since his birth. In its March 11,

All further statutory citations are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.

The child’s father is not a party to this appeal.

2 2021, jurisdiction/disposition report, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (Department) noted that the child had very limited speech for his age, threw uncontrollable tantrums, hit his caregivers, and rocked himself for soothing purposes. On April 30, 2021, the juvenile court sustained an amended section…