M.R

*556 Opinion

—M.R. (mother) appeals from an order terminating parental rights (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.26) to two of her children, G. and L. 1 She contends the court erroneously barred evidence on whether the children’s prospective adoptive parent was eligible to adopt and improperly failed to consider whether there was a legal impediment to adoption by the prospective adoptive parent. Mother also argues the court erred by rejecting her claim that termination would be detrimental to the children. On review, we disagree with each of mother’s contentions and affirm.

In the published portion of our opinion, we hold evidence of a legal impediment to adoption (Fam. Code, §§ 8601-8603) by an identified prospective adoptive parent is relevant and therefore admissible when a social worker’s opinion that a child is likely to be adopted is based in part on the prospective adoptive parent’s willingness to adopt. On the record before us, however, we conclude the trial court neither barred such evidence nor was compelled to consider whether there was or could be a legal impediment to adoption by the children’s prospective adoptive parent in evaluating whether it was likely the children…