V.G.
Sacramento County Department of Health & Human Services v. V.G.
Opinion
lead Opinion
Cantilsakauye, J.
Appellants V.G. (mother) and J.V. (father) appeal from the juvenile court’s orders terminating their parental rights as to the two children, V.V. (bom Jan. 2005) and Va.V. (bom Aug. 2008). (Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 395, 366.26.) 1 The mother contends she was not notified of the section 388 hearing where her reunification services were terminated, and the juvenile court should have applied the parent-child and sibling bond exceptions to adoption. The father contends the juvenile court erred by preventing him from discharging retained counsel. We shall affirm the juvenile court’s orders.
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
In February 2008, the Sacramento County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) filed a nondetained dependency petition pursuant to *395 section 300, subdivision (b), alleging violence, the mother’s history of substance abuse, and positive tests for marijuana and methamphetamine in October 2007.
According to a March 2008 report, the mother had moved in with L.H. and C.H., whom she considered her parents. The mother initially denied using drugs, but later admitted using marijuana and methamphetamine. She used methamphetamine together with the father; the mother…