In Re KD

Rich Pfeiffer, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Orange, for the Minor.

O'ROURKE, J.

Tanya H. (the mother) appeals juvenile court orders establishing a permanent plan of guardianship for her son, K.D., naming a guardian and terminating the court's dependency jurisdiction. She argues the court abused its discretion in not selecting a guardian whose residence is in California or, in the alternative, not maintaining jurisdiction in order to oversee visitation. We affirm the orders establishing the guardianship and naming K.D.'s foster father as his guardian. We reverse the order terminating dependency jurisdiction.

On August 29, 2002, the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency (the Agency) petitioned on behalf of four-month-old K.D. under Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivision (b), [1] alleging he had a medical disorder requiring care and treatment that the mother was unable to provide because of her methamphetamine use. The mother admitted she was addicted to methamphetamine. She appeared to have difficulty answering the social worker's questions. She had been a client of the Regional Center in the past and had attended special education classes…