In re L.A.-O. CA4/2

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

A. The First Section 366.26 Hearing.

The parents have three children together: N.A.-O (N.), a son, born in 2014;

G.A.-O. (G.), a daughter, born in 2015; and L.A.-O. (L.), a daughter, born in 2020.

In February 2019, Children and Family Services (CFS) obtained detention

warrants for N. and G. and filed dependency petitions concerning them.. In June 2020,

after L. was born, CFS detained her and filed a dependency petition as to her. The

concerns about the family included methamphetamine abuse, neglect of the children’s

hygiene, and a filthy home.

The juvenile court found that it had jurisdiction over all three children based on

failure to protect (§ 300, subd. (b)), and additionally, over L., based on failure to support

and abuse of a sibling. (§ 300, subds. (g), (j).)

3 In August 2020, the juvenile court terminated reunification services as to N. and

G. In February 2021, it terminated reunification services as to L. and set a section 366.

hearing as to all three children.

In June 2021, at the section 366.26 hearing, the juvenile court found that the

children were adoptable and that there was no applicable exception to termination…