In re A.M. CA4/2

FACTS

The juvenile court made the following series of orders: (1) in June 2018,

granting the request of J.H. and her wife, L.H. (Wife) (collectively, Foster Parents) to be

A.M.’s de facto parents; (2) in July 2018, granting Foster Parents’ request to be A.G.’s

de facto parents; (3) in October 2018, terminating A.M.’s biological parents’ parental

rights; (4) in April 2019, designating Foster Parents as A.M.’s prospective adoptive

parents; (5) in May 2019, designating Foster Parents as A.G.’s prospective adoptive

parents and A.G.’s educational rights holders; and (6) in June 2019, designating Foster

Parents as A.M.’s educational rights holders.

By October 2020, Foster Parents had separated and were in the process of

divorcing. By April 2022, the children were spending half of their time at Wife’s home,

which was their primary residence, and half of their time at J.H.’s home. In May 2022,

plaintiff and respondent San Bernardino County Department of Children and Family

1 All subsequent statutory references will be to the Welfare and Institutions Code unless otherwise indicated.

2 Service (the Department) filed a notice of its intent to remove the children from…