City & County of San Francisco Social Services Department v. Stephanie R.

*700 Opinion

In these dependency proceedings, the mother appeals from an order terminating parental rights and freeing the minor for adoption and the maternal grandmother appeals an order denying a petition under Welfare and Institutions Code section 388. 1 We affirm both orders.

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The dependency proceedings concern the three children of Stephanie R., a single mother who was alleged to suffer from a mental illness that impaired her ability to care for the children and maintain a safe and sanitary home. The youngest of the children, Aaron R., was three months old when the dependency petition was filed in San Francisco Superior Court on October 27, 2000. The initial detention order filed October 30, 2000, placed Aaron in the custody of his maternal grandmother, Irie R, together with his older siblings, E. R., then age 10, and Earl, then age 11. On January 30, 2001, following jurisdictional and dispositional hearings, the court placed Aaron and E. R. with a foster parent, Michelle R., who resided in Stockton, California; 2 the oldest brother, Earl, was returned to Irie P.’s care on April 13, 2001.

On May 9, 2002, the court terminated reunification services for…