O'Neil

O'Neil v. Shelby S.

Good Law
7 Cal. App. 4th 1240
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJuly 1, 1992Nos. H007959, H008674California5,401 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Cottle, J.

*1243 Opinion

After a contested six-month review hearing held pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.21, subdivision (e) 1 in a dependency proceeding regarding the four minor children of Rebecca and Shelby S., the juvenile court found that reasonable reunification efforts had been offered to Rebecca and Shelby and that they had not successfully satisfied the reunification plans. The court scheduled a 12-month review hearing pursuant to section 366.21, subdivision (f) for January 16, 1991. Each parent separately appeals from the decision. (No. H007959.) Shelby argues (1) section 366.25, rather than 366.26, applied to these proceedings because the children were adjudged dependent on December 5,1988; (2) the court’s determination that reasonable efforts had been made to assist him with reunification was erroneous because (a) it was not supported by the evidence, (b) the reunification plans were unreasonable, (c) the court held the parents to a reunification plan different from the one they signed, and (d) the court failed to advise Shelby that he would be protected by use immunity if he admitted to sexual abuse. Rebecca joins in Shelby’s arguments and adds two…

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