In re A.R. CA4/3

Filed 6/26/14 In re A.R. CA4/3

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

In re A.R. et al., Persons Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law.

FELICITY C.,

Plaintiff and Appellant, G049265

v. (Super. Ct. Nos. DP022319, DP022320) ORANGE COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY, OPINION

Defendant and Respondent.

Appeal from an order of the Superior Court of Orange County, Kimberly Menninger, Judge. Affirmed. Konrad S. Lee, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Plaintiff and Appellant. Nicholas S. Chrisos, County Counsel, Karen L. Christensen, Julie J. Agin, and Jeannie Su, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendant and Respondent. No appearance for the Minors. * * *

This is an appeal from a non-dependent sibling, Felicity, in the dependency matter involving her two sisters, A. and Autumn. (See In re A.R. (June 26, 2014, G049270) [nonpub. opn.].) On the eve of the Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.261 hearing, Felicity filed a section 388 petition on her own behalf, the parents’ rights should not be terminated because Felicity did not want to lose contact with her sisters, and wanted to maintain visits with them. I FACTS The facts are stated in full in In re A.R., supra, G049270, and we shall not restate them here. Suffice to say that Felicity had a previous dependency case, but was reunited with the mother in 2007. Felicity apparently lived with the mother’s ex-husband during the pendency of this case. In March 2012, then almost two-year-old A. and one-month-old Autumn (the girls) were detained and the parents2 arrested. From June 2012 through May 2013, the mother received services, mostly focusing on drug treatment. She consistently visited the girls, and Felicity would often, but not always, visit with her. The mother had many successes in treatment, but she also had drug detection patches that tested positive in November 2012 and April 2013. She would initially deny any relapse and then admit them later. She was terminated from dependency drug court after her second relapse. In May 2013, the court terminated services and scheduled a section 366.26 hearing. The girls were placed in a prospective adoptive home.