In re I.R. CA5

Filed 2/10/15 In re I.R. CA5

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

In re I.R., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law.

KERN COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF F069916 HUMAN SERVICES, (Super. Ct. No. JD131786-00) Plaintiff and Respondent, v. OPINION JESSICA J., Defendant and Appellant.

THE COURT* APPEAL from orders of the Superior Court of Kern County. Louie L. Vega, Judge. Jesse F. Rodriguez, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent. -ooOoo-

* Before Kane, Acting P.J., Detjen, J., and Smith, J.

Jessica is the mother of one-year-old I. On July 30, 2014, the juvenile court terminated her parental rights as to I. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.26)1 and she appealed. After reviewing the juvenile court record, Jessica’s court-appointed counsel informed this court he could find no arguable issues to raise on Jessica’s behalf. This court granted Jessica leave to personally file a letter setting forth a good cause showing that an arguable issue of reversible error exists. (In re Phoenix H. (2009) 47 Cal.4th 835, 844 (Phoenix H.).) Jessica submitted a letter in which she contends she completed a parenting class and a substance abuse treatment program while in jail but did not have certificates to verify that at the termination hearing. She asks for leave to file a supplemental brief raising these issues. We conclude Jessica failed to address the termination proceedings or set forth a good cause showing that any arguable issue of reversible error arose from the termination hearing. (Phoenix H., supra, 47 Cal.4th at p. 844.) Consequently, we dismiss the appeal. PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL SUMMARY Dependency proceedings were initiated in November 2013 when the Kern County Department of Human Services (department) took then five-day-old I. into protective custody at the hospital after he tested positive for amphetamines. Jessica had attempted to deliver I. at home but had to be transported to the hospital after she hemorrhaged. She admitted using methamphetamine and Vicodin a week before. Jessica has a long history of substance abuse and child welfare intervention. In 2002, she gave birth to a daughter who tested positive for amphetamines. Jessica was provided six months of reunification services but failed to comply. Jessica’s parental rights were terminated and the child was adopted in October 2004. That same month,