Sacramento County Department of Health & Human Services v. Tracy S.

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144 Cal. App. 4th 287·2006 Cal. App. LEXIS 1681·2006 Daily Journal DAR 14341·50 Cal. Rptr. 3d 242·2006 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 10042
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaOctober 27, 2006No. C052499California1,832 words

Opinion

lead Opinion

Rome, J.

Tracy S. (appellant), the mother of Daisy D. (the minor), appeals from the juvenile court’s order terminating her parental rights. (Welf. & *290 Inst. Code, 1 §§ 366.26, 395.) Appellant contends the juvenile court erred by failing to find an exception to adoption based on interference with the minor’s sibling relationships. (§ 366.26, subd. (c)(1)(E).) We shall affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In April 2004, Sacramento County Department of Health and Human Services filed a juvenile dependency petition concerning the 18-month-old minor, as well as her two half siblings (ages four and seven), alleging in part that appellant had a substance abuse problem for which she had received family maintenance services and yet continued to use controlled substances. Later reports explained that the minor tested positive for methamphetamine at birth and the family accepted informal supervision at that time. According to the jurisdictional report, between August 2002 and the filing of the petition, appellant completed numerous services in conjunction with informal supervision.

The juvenile court sustained the petition and ordered reunification services.

Initially, the minor…

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