In re Z.M. CA1/1

I. INTRODUCTION

Timothy R., minor Z.M.-R.’s father, challenges the denial of his petition for modification of the court’s previous orders terminating reunification services and setting a permanent plan hearing. (Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 388, 366.26.)1 At a combined hearing on father’s petition and the selection of minor’s permanent plan, the juvenile court denied the petition, selected adoption as minor’s permanent plan, and terminated father’s parental rights. Father contends that the juvenile court abused its discretion in denying his modification petition. We reject this contention and affirm the juvenile court’s orders.

II. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Z.M.-R. was born May 2, 2010. At the time, her 18-year-old mother, R.M., was a dependent child living in a foster home. Parents had a history of domestic violence and

1 All further unspecified statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code. 1 on May 4, father reportedly hit mother in the face, breaking her nose and blackening her eye. She was treated for her injuries at a hospital and released. On May 7, social workers from the Contra Costa County Bureau of Children and Family Services (Bureau) interviewed…