In re N.R. CA4/1

I.

INTRODUCTION

L.R. appeals following the termination of her parental rights to her minor

daughter, N.R. L.R. contends that the juvenile court erred by declining to apply the

beneficial relationship exception to termination of parental rights (Welf. & Inst. Code,

§ 366.26, subd. (c)(1)(B)(i)).1 We affirm.

II.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

N.R. was first placed in protective custody by the San Diego County Health and

Human Services Agency (the Agency) when she was approximately seven months old,

following an incident of domestic violence between her parents, L.R. and F.C., who were

ages 16 and 18, respectively. The Agency's detention report of October 30, 2012,

summarized the incident as involving a physical confrontation between a teenage couple,

while the couple's infant was in close proximity to the violence. According to the

investigating officer, police officers had been to the residence on six prior occasions

during the preceding year due to violence between L.R. and F.C.

As a result of a variety of factors, including L.R.'s unstable housing situation and

her need for juvenile court protection herself, as well as F.C.'s incarceration…