In Re Christopher L.

Robert W. Gehring, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for the Minor.

McDONALD, J.

Debra B. appeals a judgment terminating her parental rights to her minor son, Christopher L., under Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26. [1] Debra contends the evidence is insufficient to support the court's findings that the child-objection exception to adoption did not apply to preclude terminating parental rights under § 366.26, subdivision (c)(1)(B). We affirm the judgment.

Christopher was born in June 1990. When he was 14 years old, the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency (Agency) filed a petition under section 300, subdivision (b) on Christopher's behalf. The petition alleged police officers arrested Debra for using narcotics and smoking marijuana in the presence of three-year-old April A., Christopher's sibling. [2] Debra's drug use allegedly rendered her unable to care for her children and placed the children at substantial risk of physical harm.

In the detention report, social worker Sophia Sanchez reported police officers observed Debra smoking marijuana in her home and, because April was in Debra's presence, April inhaled second-hand smoke. The police…