In re D.R. CA4/2
Opinion
Opinion
I. INTRODUCTION
P.B. (mother) appeals from an order of the juvenile court terminating her parental
rights to W.B. (born in August 2011) and D.R. (born in December 2009).1 Mother
contends the court erred when it failed to apply the sibling relationship exception to
preserve D.R.’s relationships with his siblings. We find no error, and we affirm.
II. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
The Riverside County Department of Public Social Services (Department) filed a
petition in August 2011 alleging W.B, D.R.,2 and their older half siblings3 came within
Welfare and Institutions Code4 section 300, subdivision (b). The petition alleged mother
had an unresolved history of abusing controlled substances, and W.B. tested positive for
amphetamines and methamphetamine when he was born. The detention report stated that
mother admitted relapsing and using methamphetamine the day before W.B.’s birth, and
she did not call 911 until about an hour after W.B. was born at home. He was admitted to
the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit where he was expected to remain about two weeks.
Mother had been in a substance abuse program for about a year, but had been terminated