San Diego County Health & Human Services Agency v. Sara D.

*552 Opinion

Sara D. appeals a juvenile court judgment terminating her parental rights to her sons, C.F. and G.F., and her daughter, N.F., and choosing adoption as the appropriate permanent plan. (Well. & Inst. Code, § 366.26.) 1 Sara challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the court’s finding that the parent-child beneficial relationship exception to adoption preference (§ 366.26, subd. (c)(l)(B)(i)) is inapplicable. We affirm the judgment.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In June 2007 the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency (the Agency) filed petitions on behalf of the children, which alleged they had been exposed to domestic violence between Sara and her boyfriend. (§ 300, subd. (b).) The children then ranged in age between three and seven years. The oldest boy, C.F., has Down syndrome and special needs.

The Agency had intervened the preceding May. Sara agreed to voluntary services and to have her boyfriend move out of the home. She did not follow through with referrals, however, or keep in contact with the Agency. A maternal aunt reported she had not seen the family for some time, the oldest two children were truant from school, and she…