Sacramento County Department of Social Services v. Veronica M.

*1644 Opinion

ther) appeal from orders of the juvenile court terminating their parental rights after the court found it is likely their children, Sarah M. and Charles M., will be adopted. (Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 366.26, 395; further section references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.)

In the published portion of this opinion, we reject appellants’ contention that the juvenile court erred in precluding them from cross-examining the social worker regarding the prospective adoptive parent’s suitability to adopt the minors. In addressing this claim of error, we clarify our opinion in In re Scott M. (1993) 13 Cal.App.4th 839 [ 16 Cal.Rptr.2d 766 ], which held that questions regarding the suitability of a potential adoptive family are irrelevant to the issue whether a dependent child who has been removed from parental custody is likely to be adopted. In the unpublished parts of this opinion, we find no merit in appellants’ other contentions. Accordingly, we shall affirm the orders.

Factual and Procedural Background

The record of these dependency proceedings shows an extensive history of involvement by children’s protective services with mother and father and their six…