San Joaquin County Human Services Agency v. Edith M.

Appellant Edith M. appeals from a disposition order removing her two-year-old son, Rodger H., from her custody pursuant to dependency proceedings under Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivision (b). 1 (Undesignated statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.) She contends on appeal (1) she was not given adequate notice of the grounds upon which Rodger was removed from her custody; *1178 (2) the juvenile court failed to make necessary findings; (3) no substantial evidence supports the findings that Rodger’s health would be endangered in her care or that alternative means to protect Rodger did not exist; (4) Rodger’s maternal grandparents were improperly denied preferential consideration in determining placement; (5) the juvenile court erred in failing to appoint counsel for Rodger; (6) the visitation order is ambiguous and inadequate; and (7) the warning that her parental rights could be terminated was not repeated at the disposition hearing.

A separate respondent’s brief filed on behalf of the minor takes the position that substantial evidence supports the decision to remove Rodger from his parents’ custody but seeks remand to consider his…