In Re AC

A.C., M.C., and S.C. appeal from an order in which the court refused to delete any reference to them from the juvenile dependency file of their sister Shannon C. [1] The opening brief also states arguments assertedly on behalf of another sister, Stefany C, who is deceased. The brief contends the court erroneously refused to allow Stefany's parents to act on her behalf and for her father, Richard C, to act as her counsel in making a petition under Welfare and Institutions Code [2] section 826. We affirm.

Richard and Christobell J., who never married, had four children, A.C., M.C., S.C, and Stefany. Richard subsequently met Sharon C, and they married in July 1985. In October 1985, Sharon gave birth to Shannon.

In 1986, A.C., M.C., S.C, and Stefany's school reported the girls had serious emotional problems, were withdrawn and cried all the time. From December 1986 to March 1987 Richard and Sharon sought counseling for marital problems, sexual problems, and A.C.'s sexual outbursts. Richard and Sharon divorced in February 1989.

In December 1987, Sharon first complained to the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency (Agency) that Richard sexually molested the…