In re B.E. CA4/3

INTRODUCTION

L.G. (Mother) is the mother of B.E., who was taken into protective custody at the age of four. Mother appeals from the orders, entered in October 2021, denying her petition under Welfare and Institutions Code section 388 (further code references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code) and terminating her parental rights pursuant to section 366.26. B.E.’s father, A.E. (Father), did not appeal from the order terminating his parental rights. Mother contends the juvenile court violated her due process rights by denying her section 388 petition and terminating parental rights because, she claims, she had not been given adequate notice of the dependency proceedings. We affirm. When B.E. was taken into protective custody, she was in Father’s care and Mother’s whereabouts were unknown. Orange County Social Services Agency (SSA) acted with due diligence in locating Mother and providing her notice: SSA conducted at least two reasonably thorough, systematic, and good faith investigations in an effort find Mother. Mother did not suffer a due process violation, and the juvenile court did not err by summarily denying her section 388 petition and thereafter terminating her…