In re K.B. CA3

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

In light of the sole contention raised on appeal, we need not recite the history of the case in detail. The minors (nine-year-old K.B., nine-year-old J.B., six-year-old C.B., five-year- old L.B., Jr., four-year-old P.B., and six-month-old A.B.) were detained in September 2013, based on allegations of excessive corporal punishment by L.B. (father) and domestic violence between the parents. At the contested jurisdiction/disposition hearing in January 2014, the juvenile court sustained the amended section 300 petitions, placed the minors in foster care, and ordered reunification services and visitation for the parents. The visitation order specified regular visitation consistent with the children’s best interests and authorized the agency to determine the time, place, and manner of visitation. In June 2014, the six-month review report recommended termination of the parents’ services and a plan of adoption for the minors, who were placed in two different homes (one for the three girls, K.B., P.B., and A.B., and another for the three boys, J.B., C.B., and L.B., Jr.). The parents had twice-weekly supervised visits, but had to attend them separately due to previous…