San Diego County Health & Human Services Agency v. Daria D.
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Kremer, J.
J.Daria D. and Vincent D., the parents of Casey D., appeal the court’s denial of their Welfare and Institutions Code 1 section 388 petitions seeking custody of Casey or a plan of long-term foster care and the court’s decision to terminate their parental rights.
On appeal, the parents contend reversal is required because the termination of reunification services at the six-month review hearing constituted a violation of their due process rights; their section 388 petitions established changed circumstances indicating a return of Casey to their custody or a plan of long-term foster care would be in Casey’s best interests; and parental rights should not have been terminated because the evidence showed a *42 beneficial parent/child relationship existed between Casey and her mother. We affirm.
Facts
Casey was bom in December 1996 with a positive toxicology for morphine/heroin. Both parents had a long history of drug abuse problems and were heroin addicts. There had been previous contacts with the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency (Agency). In 1993 there was a voluntary contract between the parents and Agency involving their daughter Veronica, who was bom in…