In re A.A. CA4/2

I.

INTRODUCTION

A.A. (Father) appeals from the juvenile court’s order terminating parental rights as

to his seven-month-old son Aa.A. (A.). (Welf. & Inst. Code,1 § 366.26.) Father contends

the juvenile court erred in failing to find the sibling relationship exception applied to the

termination of parental rights and that the court erred in not adequately addressing a

postadoption sibling visitation order.2 We find no error and affirm.

II.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The family came to the attention of the San Bernardino County Department of

Children and Family Services (CFS) in October 2023 after A. tested positive for fentanyl

and methamphetamine at his birth and was experiencing withdrawal symptoms.

Consequently, A. was placed in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). A.’s

withdrawal symptoms included being jittery, having a respiratory rate over 80, a heartrate

over 160, and a fever of 100.8 degrees. Mother reported that she began using fentanyl

and methamphetamine about a year ago after witnessing an uncle commit suicide. She

then began smoking fentanyl six to seven times a day, and then tapered off to smoking it

two to three times a day by the end of…