Southern
Southern v. Superior Court of San Francisco Cnty.
Opinion
lead Opinion
Kennedy, J.
*1116 In this consolidated writ proceeding, Jennifer S. (mother) and Kenneth S. (father) seek extraordinary relief from the juvenile court order denying them both reunification services with respect to their infant daughter, K.S. (born January 2017), and setting a permanency planning hearing pursuant to section 366.26 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. 1 At the June 2017 dispositional hearing in this matter, each parent was bypassed for reunification services in accordance with subdivisions (b)(10) and (b)(11) of section 361.5. Pursuant to those statutes, reunification services need not be offered to a parent if the court has previously terminated reunification services or parental rights with respect to a sibling or half sibling of the child and the parent "has not subsequently made a reasonable effort to treat the problems that led to removal of the sibling or half sibling...." (§ 351.5, subd. (b)(10) & (11).) Here, both parents argue that the juvenile court erred in finding that they had not made reasonable efforts to treat their long-standing substance abuse issues. Mother additionally claims that-even if application *1117 of the above-referenced bypass provisions was…