In Re Naomi P.

The Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) appeals from the order of the juvenile court following a Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26 selection and implementation hearing in which it selected a permanent plan of legal guardianship based on its finding that the sibling relationship exception to termination of parental rights is applicable. (§ 366.26, subd. (c)(1)(E).) DCFS claims the record does not contain evidence sufficient to support application of the exception. We conclude the juvenile court had before it substantial evidence to support its finding that the exception is applicable. We therefore affirm.

Naomi P. was born in August 2001. The child's mother, J.B. (Mother), admitted to using drugs during her pregnancy with Naomi. Naomi was detained at the hospital by DCFS and placed in foster care.

DCFS filed a section 300 petition on August 13, 2001, alleging that Naomi was a person described by section 300, subdivisions (b) and (j). Specifically, DCFS alleged that both Mother and Naomi's father, Hank P. (Father), had histories of drug abuse. In addition, Mother had previously failed to reunify with her three older children, Anthony A. (born in…