San Diego County Health & Human Services Agency v. Marilyn S.

Marilyn S. and B.D., a minor, appeal judgments terminating parental rights to B.D. and his four siblings under Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26. 1 Marilyn also appeals orders denying her petitions for modification under section 388, which B.D. joins. The judgments and orders are affirmed.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Marilyn S. is the 27-y ear-old mother of eight children. This appeal concerns five of the children, B.D., A.D., Joanna E, Israel F. and Eric F. (collectively the children). 2 The children are now 10, seven, six, five and three years respectively. In May 2004 as a result of ongoing domestic *1223 violence between Marilyn and a boyfriend, Israel E, 3 the children were adjudicated dependents of the juvenile court. B.D. and his older sister S.D. also reported that Marilyn and Israel hit them and the other children with hands, belts, hangers and a telephone cord.

At the disposition hearing, the court removed the children from Marilyn’s custody and ordered a plan of family reunification services. Marilyn’s case plan was focused on helping her understand the dynamics of domestic violence and its impact on her children, and to gain the stability…