Sacramento Dep't of Health & Human Servs. v. A.L. (In re A.K.)

*495 Appellants A.L. (mother) and S.K. (father), appeal from the juvenile court's orders terminating parental rights and freeing the minor for adoption. (Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 366.26, 395.) 1 They contend the juvenile court erred in determining the beneficial relationship exception to adoption did not apply. Father also contends the juvenile court should have continued the hearing to consider placement of the minor with the paternal grandmother. We affirm the juvenile court's orders.

*847 FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On March 5, 2014, Sacramento Department of Health and Human Services (the Department) filed a section 300 petition, alleging that the one-year-old minor came within section 300, subdivision (a) in that the minor was at substantial risk of serious physical harm due to parents' history of domestic violence in the minor's presence, which resulted in physical confrontations, including an incident wherein the minor fell to the ground when father pushed her to get her out of the way and another incident wherein father punched the minor on her left thigh. The petition also alleged the minor came within section 300, subdivision (b) in that the minor was at substantial…