Tulare County Department of Public Social Services v. Diane S.
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Hanson, J.
I
The infant minor, born prematurely, was detained by the juvenile court following the filing of a Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, sub *149 division (a), petition. 1 A dispositional hearing resulted in the child’s placement in a foster home and the development of a reunification plan. Two review hearings which followed continued the minor’s out-of-home placement and reunification efforts.
In November of 1985, at a combined review and permanency planning hearing, the court continued out-of-home placement, developed a permanency plan of adoption for the minor and terminated reunification efforts.
Joshua’s mother appeals from the November 1985 juvenile court orders.
Facts
On May 22, 1984, Diane S. appeared in the emergency room of the hospital in labor, having no history of prenatal care. She reported consuming two six-packs of beer a day for most of the pregnancy; she drank the day of the birth. Joshua, born that day, weighed two pounds, fourteen ounces at birth and suffered respiratory distress and hyaline membrane disease. The child remained hospitalized until July 1984, when he was released to a foster care home.