In re L.A.-O.

Filed 12/27/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION TWO

In re L.A.-O. et al., Persons Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law.

SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY E077196

CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

(Super.Ct.Nos. J279705, J279706 Plaintiff and Respondent, and J285540)

v. OPINION

M.A. et al.,

Defendants and Appellants.

APPEAL from the Superior Court of San Bernardino County. Annemarie G.

Pace, Judge. Reversed and remanded with directions.

Valerie N. Lankford, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant

and Appellant M.A.

Jill S. Smith, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and

Appellant A.O.

Michelle D. Blakemore, County Counsel, and Kaleigh L. Ragon, Deputy County

Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

1 M.A. (mother) and A.O. (father) appeal from an order terminating their parental

rights to their three children. They contend that the juvenile court erred by finding that

the parental-benefit exception did not apply. (See § 366.26, subd. (c)(1)(B)(i).)

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