In re I.M. CA2/2

BACKGROUND

I.M. is a boy born in December 2019. His father is unknown. I.M. has significant special needs. Through the date of the order appealed, he remained largely nonverbal. S.C. is I.M.’s half sister. She was born in 2010. S.C. is over nine years older than I.M. In connection with the events described herein, the juvenile court also exercised jurisdiction over S.C. However, her case terminated in October 2024 when

All further undesignated statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code. S.C. also purports to join, pursuant to California Rules of Court, rule 8.200(a)(5), Mother’s argument in her appeal “that the [juvenile] court erred in finding the beneficial parental-child relationship exception to adoption inapplicable.” Even assuming the standards of such joinder have been met (see People v. Bryant, Smith and Wheeler (2014) 60 Cal.4th 335, 363 [rule 8.200(a)(5) not satisfied by “cursory and unfocused statements”]), we have already rejected Mother’s argument and reject it again here for the same reasons.

2 the court determined the circumstances no longer justified its supervision. I.M. came to the attention of the Los Angeles County Department…