C.N.

INTRODUCTION

Petitioner C.N. (mother) filed a petition for extraordinary writ pursuant to

California Rules of Court, rule 8.452, challenging the juvenile court’s order terminating

reunification services as to her children, S.N. and A.C. (the children), and setting a

Welfare and Institutions Code1 section 366.26 hearing. She contends the San Bernardino

County Children and Family Services (CFS) did not provide her with reasonable services.

She requests a temporary stay of the section 366.26 hearing, pending the granting or

denial of the writ petition. We deny the request for a stay and also deny the writ petition.

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On January 20, 2021, CFS filed section 300 petitions on behalf of the children,

alleging they came within the provisions of subdivision (b) (failure to protect). At that

time, S.N. was two months old and A.C. was 22 months old. Both petitions alleged that

mother had a substance abuse problem that impacted her ability to provide adequate care

and protection to her children, that she had an unstable and unsafe lifestyle, and that she

left A.C. alone in a hotel room and he was found wandering in the parking lot,

unsupervised.

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