In Re Lisa D.

227 Cal.App.3d 613 (1991) 277 Cal. Rptr. 918 In re LISA D. et al., Persons Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law.

CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Plaintiffs and Respondents,

v.

JOHN D. et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Docket No. B045405. Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Six.

February 6, 1991. [614] COUNSEL

Alys Briggs, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendants and Appellants.

David Nawi, County Counsel, and Mary Ellen Barilotti, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

GILBERT, J.

John D. appeals the order on a six-month permanency plan review hearing. The order continued his children's status as dependent children and appointed Mary Ellen Staab as their guardian. We reverse the order appointing Mrs. Staab as guardian because the social study report supporting guardianship was statutorily deficient. (Welf. & Inst. Code,[1] § 366.25, subd. (e).)

FACTS

The three minor children of John D. have been in continuous foster care since his arrest and incarceration in 1984. They have resided with Mary Ellen Staab, their present foster mother, for nearly three and one-half years. In May 1988 the trial court modified the permanent plan concerning the [615] children to one of guardianship. On September 19, 1989, the court continued the children as dependent children and appointed Mrs. Staab as their guardian. A social study report and the testimony of Mrs. Staab supported her appointment.