In Re Alanna A.

M. Elizabeth Handy for the Minor.

Alanna A.'s father, W.R., appeals an order terminating his reunification services at a 12-month review hearing under Welfare and Institutions Code [1] section 366.21. W.R. contends the court erred when it terminated his services at the 12-month review hearing, while at the same time extending reunification services to the child's mother, Krystal A., [2] to the 18-month review date. He argues section 366.21, subdivision (h) allows the court to terminate reunification services to a parent at the 12-month review only when the court sets a hearing under section 366.26. W.R. further asserts the termination of his reunification services served no useful purpose and was therefore both an abuse of discretion and a denial of his right to substantive due process.

We conclude that the court's action at the 12-month review hearing was authorized by section 366.21, subdivision (g) and that section 366.21, subdivision (h) does not bar termination of reunification services to one parent when services are extended for the other parent to the 18-month review date. In addition, the juvenile court did not abuse its broad discretion to fashion an order…