In Re Cjw

69 Cal.Rptr.3d 197 (2007) 157 Cal.App.4th 1075 In re C.J.W. et al., Persons Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law.

San Bernardino County Department of Children's Services, Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

Theresa W. et al., Defendants and Appellants.

No. E043005. Court of Appeal of California, Fourth District, Division Two.

December 11, 2007. [198] Konrad S. Lee, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Riverside, for Defendant and Appellant Mother.

Nicole Williams, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant Father.

Ruth E. Stringer, County Counsel, and Danielle E. Wuchenich, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Jacquelyn E. Gentry, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Minor.

[199] OPINION

GAUT, J.

1. Introduction[1]

Mother and father appeal separately from the dependency court's order denying their petitions brought under section 388. Father joins in mother's arguments to the extent they are relevant. (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.200(a)(5).) Two children, C.P. and C.J., are the subject of the appeals.

We hold the dependency court did not abuse its discretion in denying the section 388 petitions. It properly conducted a hearing on the petitions and determined parents did not show that changed circumstances or the best interests of the children warranted a modification of its order denying reunification services.

2. Factual and Procedural Background

Mother was born in August 1979. She began using drugs at age 16. She has given birth to seven children in 12 years by three men. Her first child, M.F., was born in 1993 when she was 14 and had been molested by her stepfather. Her next two children, D.K. and C.K., were fathered by her foster brother and born in March and November 1997. Her parental rights to these three children were terminated in 1998 and 1999. Her fourth child, Chad, was by the father in this case and was born in June 1999. The court terminated parental rights in 2001. Casey was mother's fifth child, born in May 2002 to mother and father as their second child together. The court terminated their parental rights to Casey in November 2003.