In re N.B.

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL

BACKGROUND

N.B. and her older sister were removed from their parents’ care in 2008 when they were one and two years old, and their parents thereafter failed to reunify with them. Catherine began caring for the girls during this time, and she became their legal guardian in September 2012, when N.B. was five years old. The girls’ maternal aunt also became a co-guardian and provided support. Years later N.B. struggled with her mental health and Catherine had trouble managing her care. N.B. came to the attention of the Butte County Children’s Services Program in early 2019 when she threatened Catherine with a knife and police were called. A section 300 dependency petition was filed in April 2019, and the juvenile court ultimately found that N.B. was suffering serious emotional damage (§ 300, subd. (c)) and that her parents had left her without provision for support (id., subd. (g)). N.B. stayed in Catherine’s care as they received family-maintenance services. Butte County provided in-home support three to five times each week, individual therapy for both Catherine and N.B., as well as therapeutic crisis-intervention skills training for Catherine. A Napa…