In Re Diana G.

Sheila L. Brogna and Donna Wickham Furth for Minors.

OPINION

WHITE, P.J.

Robert and Renee G. (Parents) appeal from a final order terminating their parental rights over their four children, Diana, Robert, Jr., Daniel and Brandy, following a contested hearing pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26. [1] We affirm.

In December 1989, the Humboldt County (the County) Department of Social Services, Child Welfare Services (the Department), filed a juvenile dependency petition in the juvenile court of Humboldt County (the court), alleging that the four children of Robert G. (Father) and Renee G. (Mother) came within the provisions of section 300. At the time of the original petitions, the children had the following ages: 9 years (Diana); 8 years (Robert, Jr.); 6 years (Daniel); and 4 years (Brandy).

Attached to the petitions were numerous reports and records by both Department social workers and employees of the County sheriff's department, documenting the Parents' severe physical and emotional abuse of the children, the seven referrals to the Department for child neglect since March 1980, the Department's repeated unsuccessful attempts to assist the Parents by…