Sonoma County Social Service Department v. Candy M.

*929 Opinion

The trial court terminated the parental rights of appellant Candy M. and freed minor siblings Barbara and Shannon P. for adoption. Candy appeals, 1 contending that her due process rights were violated when the trial court (1) terminated reunification services on the same day that jurisdiction was found on the subsequent petitions; (2) based its decision to terminate reunification services on outdated information; and (3) failed to inform her at the six-month status review hearing that if her children were not returned to her before the twelve-month hearing, her parental rights could be terminated. We affirm the orders.

I. Facts

Appellant Candy M. is the mother of two minor children—Barbara P. was born in January 1986 and Shannon P. was bom in December 1989. Candy had a history of commitment to mental institutions. In July 1991, she was arrested for writing bad checks and was jailed in the mental health unit of an Arizona jail. She arranged to have her mother care for her daughters, but after three weeks, respondent Sonoma County Social Service Department took them into custody and placed them in a shelter. Several days later, the department filed juvenile…