In re H.G. CA3

I. BACKGROUND

We received a limited appellate record in accordance with section 827, consisting of only 51 pages of clerk’s transcript as the record on appeal. Accordingly, portions of our background statement are taken from undisputed statements filed by the parties and the juvenile court’s April 22, 2021, order denying appellant’s first section 388 petition. The subject minors, H.G., T.G., and Ha.G., now ages 16, 13, and 8, respectively, were detained from parental custody on December 12, 2018. They stayed with a maternal cousin for a couple of weeks but were moved on December 28, 2018, to the home of their current caregivers where they have remained. Appellant initially came forward on December 18, 2018, seeking placement of the minors and an out-of-county assessment was sent to Lake County where appellant lives. Appellant applied for approval as a resource family in January 2019 and was approved in April 2019. The San Joaquin County Human Services Agency (Agency), however, reported in August 2019 and again in November 2019 that, despite the approval of her home, appellant had elected to pursue visitation, rather than placement of the minors, at that time. On August 5, 2020,…