In re Y.D. CA4/1

Background Summary

Because Father's sole appellate contention concerns the beneficial parent-child

exception to termination of parental rights, we only briefly summarize the events leading

to the section 366.26 reference. As Mother does not challenge the termination order as to

her, we discuss facts pertaining to Mother only as they relate to Father's case.

Y was born in January 2014. Two weeks later, the San Diego Health and Human

Services Agency (Agency) filed a juvenile dependency petition, alleging the parents

All further statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code. 2 (Mother and Father) were unable to care for Y. (§ 300, subd. (b).) The petition alleged Y

tested positive for methamphetamine at birth; Mother admitted using methamphetamine

during pregnancy; Mother had used methamphetamine for the past seven years; Father

was unable to stop Mother's drug use during the pregnancy; and Father physically abused

Mother while she was pregnant with Y.

Shortly after, the court removed Y from Mother's custody and placed Y with her

maternal aunt. Two of Y's older siblings live in the same household.

In May 2014, the juvenile…