D.T.

*1021 Opinion

D.T. (Mother), a single parent of five children subject to dependency proceedings, petitions for extraordinary relief, seeking to reverse a court order denying her further reunification services with respect to her three oldest children 1 and seeking to stay a hearing under Welfare and Institutions Code 2 section 366.26 that had been set for September 16, 2015. (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.452.) 3 Mother claims the court erred in denying her further reunification services under section 361.5, subdivision (b)(10) because she has made and Continúes to make reasonable efforts to address the problems that led to the removal of her children, and denial of additional services is not in the children’s best interests. Due to the complexity of the arguments, and to permit supplemental briefing, we stayed the hearing set for September 16, 2015. As we shall explain, Mother has received extensive child welfare services and yet has taken advantage of them only sporadically. More fundamentally, Mother is simply not entitled to any further reunification services without a showing that reunification is the best alternative for the children. At this advanced stage of the proceedings…