Tulare County Department of Public Social Services v. Terri S.

The juvenile court entered a disposition order which in part denied reunification services (Welf. & Inst. Code, 1 § 361.5, subd. (b)) to the mother, Terri S. In a later, separate disposition order it denied services to the father, Robert R. Both parents appealed. The mother raised the denial of services as well as the juvenile court’s jurisdictional finding under section 300, subdivision (e). The father submitted a Wende brief. 2 While these appeals were pending, the juvenile court terminated the rights of each parent (§ 366.26). Both parents again appealed, this time raising only the juvenile court’s refusals to provide services.

We will dismiss the first set of appeals pursuant to our opinion in In re Rebecca H. (1991) 227 Cal.App.3d 825, 836 [ 278 Cal.Rptr. 185 ]. We will also hold that the mother waived her right to question on appeal the propriety of the no-services order as to her. Last, we will conclude the evidence was insufficient to support the court’s no-services order as to the father and therefore reverse the order terminating his parental rights.

*1642 Statement of Case and Facts

Tulare County Child Protective Services detained Rebekah R., bom July 1,…