In Re Rita P.

Rita M. P., born March 13, 1956, was declared a dependent child of the juvenile court sitting in Orange County on November 7, 1966, and continued in that status as the result of annual reviews and orders made in November of each year until 1969.

An annual review hearing was had on November 21, 1969, when the minutes show the minor was continued as a dependent child, although no formal order appears in the record as there had been in former years.

The report prepared by the probation officer for the annual review contained the following: “The minor is currently residing in Albert Sitton Home awaiting placement in a foster home. During the past year the minor’s adjustment continued to be about the same. She remained with her foster parents, the Kulbacks, with whom she had been for a couple of years until they moved to Oregon in September. In October the minor was placed in a foster home in Costa Mesa where she was beginning to make a good adjustment. Due to other circumstances in the home, however, the minor was returned to Albert Sitton Home. There is a possibility that "she will go back to Costa Mesa, however.”

On December 8, 1969, a petition was filed to have Rita…