In re C.A. CA4/2

I. INTRODUCTION

Defendant and appellant S.V. (Mother) is the mother of C.A., a girl born in June

2003 and now nearly 10 years of age. Mother appeals from the juvenile court‟s June 28,

2012, orders denying her petition for further reunification or family maintenance services

(Welf. & Inst. Code, § 388),1 terminating her parental rights to C.A., and placing C.A. for

adoption (§ 366.26).

Mother raises three claims on this appeal. She first claims that the juvenile court

abused its discretion and denied her a fair hearing in refusing to continue the combined

sections 388 and 366.26 hearings on June 28, 2012. (§ 352.) She also claims the court

abused its discretion in denying her section 388 petition on its merits and in refusing to

apply the parental beneficial exception to the statutory preference for adoption at the

section 366.26 hearing. (§ 366.26, subd. (c)(1)(B)(i).)

We find no error and affirm the challenged orders.

II. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. The Initial Dependency Proceedings (July 2008-January 2010)

In July 2008, plaintiff and respondent Riverside County Department of Public

Social Services (DPSS) filed a dependency petition regarding Mother‟s…