In re A.M. CA4/2

INTRODUCTION

A juvenile court terminated the parental rights of defendants and appellants

B.H. (mother) and C.M. (father) as to their son, A.M. (the child). Mother and father

filed separate briefs, and both contend the court erred by finding the beneficial parental

relationship exception to termination of parental rights inapplicable. (Welf. & Inst.

Code,1 § 366.26, subd. (c)(1)(B)(i).) They also join in each other’s briefs. We affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On October 27, 2020, the Riverside County Department of Public Social

Services (DPSS) filed a section 300 petition on behalf of the child, who was two

months old at the time. The petition alleged that he came within section 300,

subdivision (b) (failure to protect). The petition included allegations that mother had

unresolved health issues, a substance abuse history, and a criminal history. It also

alleged that she had a history with the Los Angeles and San Bernardino County’s

Child Protective Services and received reunification services as to four of her other

children from December 2014 to November 2018; she failed to reunify with those

children, her parental rights were terminated, and a permanent…