In re Isaiah S.

Filed 10/20/16 Certified for Publication 11/10/16 (order attached)

COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

In re ISAIAH S., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law.

D069928

SAN DIEGO COUNTY HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY,

(Super. Ct. No. NJ13627EFGH) Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

AMBER G.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Michael

Imhoff, Judge. Affirmed.

Donna Balderston Kaiser, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for

Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas E. Montgomery, County Counsel, John E. Philips, Chief Deputy County

Counsel and Emily K. Harlan, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Amber G. appeals a juvenile court order terminating her parental rights and

ordering a permanent plan of adoption for her son, Isaiah S. Amber contends the juvenile court: (1) did not ensure the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency

(Agency) complied with the relative placement statute (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 361.31), (2)

abused its discretion by not exercising its independent judgment on the issue of relative

placement, and (3) erred by not applying the…