In Re Joanna Y.

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10 Cal. Rptr. 2d 422·8 Cal. App. 4th 433
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJuly 27, 1992Docket Nos. H007667, H008183California2,904 words

Opinion

Opinion

George W. Kennedy, District Attorney, and Robert J. Masterson, Deputy District Attorney, for Minors.

[Opinion certified for partial publication. [*] ]

OPINION

COTTLE, Acting P.J. —

Alvia Y. is the father and Eileen Y. the mother of dependent children Joanna Y. and Tiffany Y. (1) (See fn. 1.) In appeal No. H007667, father and mother separately challenge the termination of their parental rights as to Joanna (Civ. Code, § 232) and the termination of reunification services and visitation as to Tiffany (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.22). [1] They argue the court committed reversible error: (1) by finding that reasonable reunification services had been offered to them; (2) by finding that father had been convicted of molesting and murdering a third daughter and had abandoned Joanna; (3) by choosing adoption as Joanna's long-term plan; and (4) by not recusing the district attorney from representing Joanna when that office was prosecuting father.

During the pendency of appeal No. H007667, Tiffany's section 366.26 hearing was held. The court freed Tiffany for adoption and terminated father's and mother's parental rights to her. Each parent timely appealed from the judgment (No. H008183),…

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