In Re Cathina W.

Bessie W. appeals from an order terminating her parental rights (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.26) to her daughter, Cathina W. She attacks findings previously made by the juvenile court at the time it set the matter for the section 366.26 permanency planning hearing. Subdivision (/) of section 366.26 would ordinarily forbid our consideration of these issues because the mother did not first pursue extraordinary writ review of the order setting the section 366.26 hearing (the setting order). However, the juvenile court did not give timely or correct notice of the entry of the setting order. We will therefore review on this appeal the findings made when the juvenile court ordered the section 366.26 hearing. Having conducted such review, we will affirm the termination order.

Statement of Case and Facts

In September 1995, Cathina W. (born May 5, 1994) was adjudged a juvenile dependent and ordered removed from her mother’s custody. The Fresno County Superior Court, sitting as a juvenile court, had previously exercised its jurisdiction over Cathina because she, along with her older half sister Donna M., were found residing in a filthy home (§ 300, subd. (b)) and the toddler was at…