Reina M. v. Superior Court CA2/7

INTRODUCTION

Reina M., mother of 17-year-old Bryan R., seeks extraordinary writ relief (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.26, subd. (l);1 Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.452) from the juvenile court’s orders at the permanency review hearing denying her request to return Bryan to her custody, terminating her reunification services, and setting a permanency planning hearing under section 366.26. Reina argues substantial evidence did not support the juvenile court’s finding that returning Bryan to her would create a substantial risk of detriment to his safety, protection, or physical or emotional well-being. She asks us to direct the juvenile court to vacate its orders and enter new orders returning Bryan to her and setting a review hearing under section 364. We dismiss the petition as moot in part and deny the petition in part.

Undesignated statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. The Juvenile Court Sustains a Previous Petition, Removes Bryan and His Siblings From Reina, Returns the Children to Reina, and Terminates Jurisdiction In 2015 Bryan was nine years old and living with his maternal grandmother. Reina’s three…