In Re Stuart S.

127 Cal.Rptr.2d 856 (2002) 104 Cal.App.4th 203 In re STUART S., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law.

Sutter County Department of Human Services, Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

Linda S., Defendant and Appellant.

No. C039506. Court of Appeal, Third District.

December 10, 2002. Linda J. Conrad, for Defendant and Appellant.

Darrell W. Larsen, County Counsel, Richard Stout, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Certified for Partial Publication.[*]

NICHOLSON, J.

Linda S., mother of the minor, appeals from orders of the juvenile court made at the permanency hearing. (Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 366.21, subd. (f); 395 [further undesignated section references are to this [857] code].) Appellant contends the court erred in reducing her visitation without finding visitation would be detrimental to the minor and exceeded its jurisdiction in adopting a permanent plan not authorized by statute. We shall modify the order of the juvenile court and affirm.

FACTS

The Sutter County Department of Human Services (DHS) removed Stuart, age 10, from appellant's custody in September 2000 due to appellant's neglect and emotional abuse of the minor which led to serious emotional and behavioral problems on his part. At the time the dependency petition was filed, the minor was residing in a restrictive, level 14 group home and had improved to the point where he could be released. However, he still needed a structured stable environment and continued treatment, neither of which was available in his own home. The court adopted a reunification plan and the minor remained in his group home placement.

The minor continued to make progress in the group home and looked forward to a new and less restrictive placement. Appellant, however, made little progress on her plan and her therapist reported appellant would need one to two years of therapy to internalize and apply the information she was receiving about dealing with her own problems.