In re E.G. CA2/8

INTRODUCTION

Karen M. (Mother) challenges the juvenile court’s order terminating her parental rights to her daughter E.G. She contends the court wrongly refused her offer of proof for a contested permanent planning hearing, failed to read and consider the report and assessment provided for that hearing, and did not conduct a correct beneficial parent-child relationship analysis as set out in In re Caden C. (2021) 11 Cal.5th 614 (Caden C.). She urges us to reverse the order terminating parental rights and remand the matter for a new hearing under Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26.1 We affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Mother has three children: A.L., E.G., and L.G. E.G. and L.G. have the same father; A.L. is their half-sibling. We discuss A.L. and L.G. when relevant, but only the orders involving E.G. are at issue in this appeal.

I. Previous Dependency Proceedings

A.L. was born in 2006. In 2008, the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) substantiated allegations that he was exposed to drug use and was living in unsafe conditions in an apartment where bleach, paint, scissors, a knife, and methamphetamines were within his reach. A.L. was removed…