Guardianship of O.M.R. CA5

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On October 2, 2019, Grandmother filed a petition in the trial court to be appointed as the guardian of Mother’s three oldest children. We note that Grandmother is the children’s paternal grandmother. The petition stated the three children have resided with Grandmother full time in El Paso, Texas, for over three years in a safe, caring, and stable home environment.3 Apparently, Mother had arranged for the children to be returned to her custody in California, but shortly thereafter Mother was back in jail and the children’s father remained incarcerated. Under the circumstances, a formal order of guardianship

Our reference to the parties as Mother and Grandmother is for ease of expression; no disrespect is intended. No respondent’s brief was filed herein. We shall proceed to consider the appeal based on Mother’s opening brief as appellant under the limited record provided to us. (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.220(a)(2).) During the time the guardianship petitions were pending, Grandmother established a temporary residence in Modesto, California. A portion of her temporary guardianship of the children apparently transpired while she…