In Re Sarah F.

Mother appeals an order directing the county counsel to file a petition for termination of parental rights (Civ. Code., § 232) which was issued after a permanency planning hearing held pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.25. [1]

Sarah F., who was born October 31, 1983, and David F., who was born October 24, 1982, are the children of Linda M. Both children were taken into custody on January 8, 1984, and two days later a petition was filed seeking to have them declared dependent children on grounds that they were destitute and lacking the necessities of life and that their half-brother, Timmy M., had been tied to his bed with an electrical cord. (§ 300, subds. (b), (d).) At a jurisdictional hearing held January 26, 1984, the children were declared dependents of the court.

A six-month review hearing was held as to the status of the children on July 24, 1984. (§ 366.) A hearing on permanency planning for the children was continued first in January and again in February 1985. At the hearing, which had been put over to April 3, 1985, the department of social services recommended a six-month delay to permit additional time for reunification. The…