In Re Clarence I.

Randy I. appeals from a judgment entered pursuant to Civil Code section 232, subdivisions (a)(2) and (a)(7), declaring her minor son, Clarence I. (Clarence), forever free from her custody and control, and referring the minor to the California State Department of Social Services, California Adoptions Service, for adoptive placement.

The trial court found that Clarence should be freed from the custody and control of appellant because (1) appellant had neglected or abused the child who had been a dependent child of the juvenile court and removed from parental custody for at least one year (§ 232, subd. (a)(2)); and (2) Clarence had been in a foster home for more than one year and that return of Clarence to appellant would be detrimental to him and that the mother had failed and is likely to fail in the future to meet the other statutory responsibilities designated in section 232, subdivision (a)(7). The court also found that further attempts to reunify the family or return the child to appellant would be detrimental to the child.

Appellant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support the trial court findings in this regard. Instead, her sole challenge is…