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INTRODUCTION

M.V. (Mother) appeals following an order terminating her parental rights regarding now six-year-old B.V. and five-year-old S.V. (collectively referred to as the boys). Mother contends the juvenile court erred by finding the boys adoptable and also by summarily denying Mother’s petition under section 388 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, through which she sought the return of the boys to her care or, alternatively, further reunification services. (All further statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.) We affirm. Substantial evidence supported the juvenile court’s finding the boys were adoptable. As discussed in detail post, Mother failed to make a prima facie showing that changed circumstances or new evidence supported an order returning the boys to her care or providing her with further reunification services; she also failed to make an offer of proof showing that either request would be in the boys’ best interests.

BACKGROUND

I.

THE AMENDED JUVENILE DEPENDENCY PETITION

In September 2011, the Orange County Social Services Agency (SSA) filed a juvenile dependency petition which, as amended in October 2011 (the amended petition), alleged,…