Alameda Cnty. Soc. Servs. Agency v. I.T. (In re E.T.)

*70 Mother, I.T., challenges the juvenile court's denial of her petition that asserted changed circumstances and sought modification *393 of a court order setting a hearing to terminate her parental rights. She also appeals the court's decision to terminate her parental rights with a finding her children are adoptable. This is the rare case where the juvenile court erred in failing to recognize that Mother's relationship with her children outweighed the benefit to the children that would accrue from termination of parental rights and a plan of adoption. Accordingly, we conclude the order terminating Mother's parental rights must be reversed and the case must be remanded for the juvenile court to consider an appropriate long-term plan. *71 BACKGROUND

Fraternal twins P.T. and E.T., a boy and a girl, were first removed from Mother's care by the Alameda County Social Services Agency (Agency) in April 2014 when they were four months old. Mother has a history of mental health issues and drug addiction, and the children were removed when her daughter, E.T., was found unresponsive and not breathing on her living room couch. After more than a year of reunification services, the children…