In Re Helen W.

Orange County Social Services Agency v. Jamie W.

Good Law
150 Cal. App. 4th 71·2007 Cal. App. LEXIS 639·2007 Daily Journal DAR 5583·57 Cal. Rptr. 3d 914·2007 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 4411
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaApril 23, 2007G037374California3,453 words

Opinion

Opinion

Sills, J.

Jamie W. appeals from the termination of parental rights to her children, Helen and Matthew. She claims there is insufficient evidence to support the finding that the children are adoptable. Alternatively, she claims the juvenile court should have found adoption is not in the children’s best interests because of the benefit, they derive from her relationship with them. We find no error and affirm.

FACTS

■ Helen was almost three years old and her little brother Matthew was two months old when they were detained in March 2004. The police found Helen eating cigarettes and Matthew lying facedown on a dirty blanket; the apartment had dirty laundry piled in every room and numerous lighters within reach of the children. The mother was arrested for being under the influence of methamphetamine. Orange County Social Services Agency (SSA) filed a petition alleging the children were subject to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court due to their mother’s failure to supervise and protect them. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 300, subd. (b).) The mother pled no contest to an amended petition, which was sustained. The children were placed in the foster home of Diane H.; the mother was provided…

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