VC

V.C., father of the child at issue, has filed a petition for writ of mandate challenging the juvenile court’s order terminating reunification services for him and setting the matter for a permanency planning hearing. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.26, subd. (Z); Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.452.) Father contends that the court should have granted him six more months of reunification services as he was making significant and substantial progress in his court-ordered programs. As we find that substantial evidence supports the juvenile court’s finding that father failed to make substantive progress in court-ordered treatment programs, and that there was no substantial probability that the child could be returned to father within six months, we will deny the writ petition.

BACKGROUND

In November 2008, an emergency response social worker placed the newborn child in protective custody because both the child and her mother tested positive for methamphetaxnine. The Santa Clara County Department of Family and Children’s Services (the Department) filed a petition as to the child pursuant to section 300, subdivisions (b) (failure to protect) and (j) (abuse of sibling). The petition…