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INTRODUCTION

Mother appeals from a judgment terminating her parental rights and selecting

adoption as the permanent plan for her child.1 She contends we must reverse the

judgment because there is insufficient evidence to support the court's findings that the

child, who is medically fragile, is likely to be adopted. We are unpersuaded by this

contention and affirm the judgment.

II

BACKGROUND

The child was born at 25 weeks' gestation and spent the first six months of life in a

hospital. Before the child's scheduled discharge from the hospital, the San Diego County

Health and Human Services Agency (Agency) filed a juvenile dependency petition on the

child's behalf. The petition alleged the child was a dependent child because the court had

previously removed the child's sibling from the parents' care and the parents had not

ameliorated the circumstances necessitating the sibling's removal.2 (Welf. & Inst. Code,

§ 300, subd. (j).)

We refer to the parties generically to preserve confidentiality.

The court initially detained the sibling because of the sibling's exposure to domestic violence between the parents. Shortly…