In re Brianna S. CA4/1

INTRODUCTION

Robert S. (father) and Olga S. (mother) appeal a judgment terminating their

parental rights to their two minor children and ordering adoption as the children's

permanent plan. Father contends the juvenile court prejudicially erred by failing to grant

his request to continue the selection and implement hearing because it deprived him of an

opportunity to present evidence establishing the application of the beneficial parent-child

relationship exception to adoption. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.26, subd. (c)(1)(B)(i).)

Mother joins in this contention and further contends we must reverse the judgment

terminating her parental rights if we reverse the judgment terminating father's parental

rights.

We conclude the court did not abuse its discretion in denying father's continuance

request. We, therefore, affirm the judgment.

Further statutory references are also to the Welfare and Institutions Code.

BACKGROUND

Father has a lengthy history of alcohol abuse, which has resulted in a continual

cycle of inpatient treatment and relapse. When the minors were seven and two, they

became wards of the court after father relapsed and they had no…