Sonoma County Human Services Department v. Ellen J.

*1502 Opinion

In these four consolidated appeals, appellant Ellen J., the maternal grandmother of minors Brittany and Amanda K. appeals from four different juvenile court orders issued after the court had already entered permanent placement plan orders finding the minors adoptable, terminating parental rights, and denying placement of the minors with appellant. In our previous opinion in this matter, filed on February 28, 2002, we affirmed the juvenile court’s permanent placement plan orders in their entirety. On this appeal, appellant challenges (a) the juvenile court’s denial of two successive petitions for modification under Welfare and Institutions Code section 388, 1 requesting immediate removal of the minors from the care of their foster parents (the D.’s) and placement in her own home; (b) the court’s issuance, after a hearing, of a three-year restraining order barring appellant from having contact with the minors and their foster parents; and (c) its order granting the motion of respondent Sonoma County Human Services Department to terminate appellant’s previously granted status as a de facto parent. 2 Based on our review of the entire record, including our previous…