In re Y.G. CA4/3

Filed 11/19/13 In re Y.G. CA4/3 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 8.1115(b). This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

In re Y.G. et al., Persons Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law.

ORANGE COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY, G048398 Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. Nos. DP020077 v. & DP020078)

JUAN A. et al., OPINION

Defendants and Appellants.

Appeal from an order of the Superior Court of Orange County, Richard Y. Lee, Judge. Affirmed. Michelle L. Jarvis, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant Juan A. Law Offices of Terry Anderson and Terry Anderson for Defendant and Appellant O.G. Nicholas S. Chrisos, County Counsel, Karen L. Christensen and Jeannie Su, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. No appearance for the Minors.

INTRODUCTION Juan A. (Juan) the father, and O.G. (O.G.), the mother, of the minors Y.G. and E.G. have appealed from the juvenile court’s order terminating their parental rights. Both parents maintain the court should not have terminated their rights because Y.G.’s relationship with her adult half-sister, Karina, qualified for the sibling relationship exception to Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26, subdivision (c).1 The juvenile court considered this exception and concluded that Juan and O.G. did not meet their burden to establish its application. We affirm the order. The juvenile court’s determination rests on substantial evidence. Although Y.G.’s relationship to Karina is important, it is not important enough to override her and her younger sister’s pressing need for a stable, permanent home. Their foster parents are willing and able to adopt both children. The parents have given us no reason to disturb the court’s determination that the sibling-relationship exception did not apply. FACTS In July 2010, Juan was driving in Stanton when he was pulled over by an Orange County deputy sheriff because of illegally tinted car windows. In the car with Juan were his two daughters Y.G. (six years old), E.G. (two months old), their mother, O.G., and another adult. A search of the car revealed 3.3 pounds of heroin in E.G.’s diaper bag. Although none of the adults was carrying drugs, Y.G. had a baggie containing two grams of cocaine in her pocket. Juan and O.G. were arrested, and Orange County Social Services Agency (SSA) picked up the two children. A subsequent search of the house in Panorama City where the children had been living with their mother, maternal aunt, and maternal grandmother turned up 5 pounds of cocaine in the garage.2 Investigators estimated the cocaine to have a street value of $50,000 and the heroin from