Saul Z. v. Superior Court CA5

Filed 11/18/14 Saul Z. v. Superior Court CA5

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

SAUL Z., Petitioner, F070225 v. (Super. Ct. No. JJV060554A) THE SUPERIOR COURT OF TULARE COUNTY, OPINION Respondent;

TULARE COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY,

Real Party in Interest.

THE COURT ORIGINAL PROCEEDINGS; petition for extraordinary writ review. Hugo J. Loza, Commissioner. Saul Z., in pro. per., for Petitioner. No appearance for Respondent. Kathleen Bales-Lange, County Counsel and Amy-Marie Costa, Deputy County Counsel, for Real Party in Interest. -ooOoo-

 Before Levy, Acting P.J., Kane, J., and Poochigian, J.

Petitioner Saul Z. (father), in propria persona, seeks an extraordinary writ (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.452) following the juvenile court’s order of September 11, 2014, wherein the court set a Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26 hearing.1 The petition indicates that it pertains to two of father’s four children subject to the juvenile court’s jurisdiction. Father seeks relief from the order “designating a specific placement after a placement order under Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.28” and requests this court to direct the trial court to “Vacate the order designating a specific placement after termination of parental rights under section 366.28,” “Order that reunification services be provided,” and “Place with paternal grandfather [until] case plan is complied with.” Father explains that he is currently incarcerated and is due to be released on February 4, 2015. PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL HISTORY A juvenile dependency petition was filed on January 14, 2013, stating that the children had suffered or there was a substantial risk the children will suffer serious physical harm and alleging abuse and neglect. The children were removed from the home on January 10, 2013, after Visalia police officers served a search warrant and located drugs in the home and found the home in a deplorable condition. The children were detained and the petition was sustained on January 15, 2013. The parents were granted family reunification services. However, reunification services were thereafter terminated on the ground there was not a substantial probability the children would be returned to them within the next six months. The court continued visitation.