In Re Pl

Michael D. Randall, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Objector and Appellant.

James P. Morris, County Counsel, and Julie Koons Jarvi, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Sharon S. Rollo, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Chatsworth, for Minor.

McKINSTER, Acting P.J.

Shirley M. (hereafter appellant), formerly the foster mother of P.L. (hereafter the child), appeals from an order of the dependency court removing the child from her home and placing the child in a prospective adoptive home. Finding that she is not aggrieved of the order, and therefore has no standing, we dismiss the appeal.

The child was born in October 2003. Her mother tested positive for methamphetamine. The child was not tested for drugs because the doctors were more interested in saving her life. The child had seizures and asphyxia, and stayed in neonatal intensive care for three weeks.

Mother only visited the child sporadically and spent her time "running the streets and using drugs." Mother could not be found when the child was ready for discharge from the hospital. The child was placed with appellant who was a foster mother of four other children who were siblings…