San Diego County Health & Human Services Agency v. Sonja A.
Opinion
lead Opinion
Rourke, J.
Sonja A. appeals orders under Welfare and Institutions Code section 387 1 removing her granddaughters, A.O. and I.O., from her custody. She challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the sections 387 petitions and removing her granddaughters from her custody. Alternatively, she asserts the court erred when it did not find the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency (the Agency) abused its discretion by removing her grandchildren. We affirm the orders.
*1058 FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
In June 1999, the Agency removed the children from their parents’ custody and filed section 300 petitions on their behalf. The petitions alleged the children’s parents used drugs and were unable to care for them as evidenced by the children’s excessive absences from school, chronic head lice, and dirty and unkempt states. Since their removal, the children have lived with their maternal grandparents, Sonja and Edwin A. Parental rights were terminated in July 2001 and the court ordered a permanent plan of adoption. The grandparents were the prospective adoptive parents.
In July 2002, the Agency received a referral that Edwin was abusing illegal substances and was…