In re V.J. CA5

Filed 1/8/15 In re V.J. CA5

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

In re V.J. et al., Persons Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law.

TULARE COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN F069429 SERVICES AGENCY, (Super. Ct. Nos. JJV066118H, Plaintiff and Respondent, JJV066118J, JJV066118K)

v. OPINION GUILLERMO J. et al.,

Defendants and Appellants.

THE COURT* APPEAL from orders of the Superior Court of Tulare County. Hugo Loza, Commissioner. Monica Vogelmann, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant Guillermo J. Jesse F. Rodriguez, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant C.J. Kathleen Bales-Lange, County Counsel, and Carol E. Helding, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. -ooOoo-

* Before Levy, Acting P.J., Cornell, J. and Poochigian, J.

Appellant Guillermo J. appeals from the juvenile court’s order terminating his parental rights to his eight-year-old son V.J., seven-year-old daughter C.R.J., and six- year-old daughter M.J. Guillermo contends the juvenile court erred in not applying the sibling exception to adoption (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.26, subd. (c)(1)(B)(v)).1 The children’s mother, C.J. (mother), joins. We affirm. PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL SUMMARY In March 2011, V.J. and C.R.J., then both four years old, and two-year-old M.J. were removed from mother’s custody along with their then 15-year-old brother G.J., 13-year-old brother Xavier R., 12-year-old brother Isaiah J., 11-year-old sister Dulce J., nine-year-old brother D.J., six-year-old sister Catalina J., and five-year-old brother C.N.J., because of mother’s drug use and the unsafe and unsanitary condition of the home. Guillermo is the father of all of the children except Xavier. At the time of the children’s removal, Guillermo was incarcerated. Guillermo and mother have an extensive history of domestic violence. The children were placed in four different foster homes. Xavier was placed in one; G.J. and Isaiah in a second; Dulce, D.J., Catalina, and C.N.J. (the middle children) in a third; and V.J., C.R.J. and M.J. (the youngest children) in a fourth. The children were placed in Dinuba, except the youngest children who were placed in Visalia. The juvenile court exercised its dependency jurisdiction over the children and ordered reunification services for mother. The court denied Guillermo and Xavier’s father reunification services but ordered supervised visitation for Guillermo. The court ordered supervised sibling visitation twice a month without the parents. In September 2012, at a contested 12-month review hearing, the juvenile court terminated mother’s reunification services and set a section 366.26 hearing. By that time, mother was having unsupervised visits with the children. According to the Tulare