In re Raymond E. CA1/2

I. INTRODUCTION

On January 9, 2014, we denied a petition filed by Leanne E. (Mother) seeking extraordinary writ review of a juvenile court order terminating Mother’s reunification services with her son, Raymond E. (Raymond), and setting the matter for a Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26 hearing.1 (L.E. v. Superior Court (Jan. 9, 2014, A139753) [nonpub. opn.].) Mother now appeals from the juvenile court’s order terminating her parental rights. She asserts that the court erred when it found that she had not met her burden of establishing the beneficial relationship exception (§ 366.26, subd. (c)(1)(B)(i)), which overcomes the statutory presumption in favor of adoption. Mother also argues that the court improperly denied Raymond’s grandparents’ section 388

1 All further statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code unless otherwise noted.

1 petition and failed to consider the relative placement preference (§ 361.3) before terminating Mother’s parental rights. We disagree and, accordingly, affirm.

II. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Raymond was detained on March 9, 2012, when he was almost five years old after Mother and Father2 were unable to care…