GLEN C. v. Superior Court

Petitioner Glen C„ the father of G. C., B. H. and G. H., seeks review by extraordinary writ of orders of the juvenile court terminating reunification services and setting a permanency planning hearing (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.26) for February 28, 2000. Although his bare-bones petition, unaccompanied by points and authorities, does not elaborate on his argument, he contends he was given insufficient reunification services, he was not given visitation, and he attended the parenting classes offered at the prison where he was incarcerated and otherwise attempted to do all he could to “prepare to be a father to his children.” We deny the petition.

Statement of the Case and Facts

G. C., B. H. and G. H., were bom in September 1995, January 1998, and November 1998, respectively. On December 10, 1998, the Alameda County Social Services Agency (the Agency) filed a petition under section 300 concerning petitioner’s children and their three older half siblings, then aged nine years, five years and four years. The children had been living with the mother, except for G. H., who had been hospitalized since his birth. The petition alleged that the mother had a substance abuse problem…