In re Matthew S. CA3

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT (Shasta) ----

In re MATTHEW S. et al., Persons Coming Under the C077430 Juvenile Court Law.

SHASTA COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN (Super. Ct. Nos. SERVICES AGENCY, 12JVSQ2941401, 12JVSQ2941501, Plaintiff and Respondent, 12JVSQ2941601, 13JVSQ2994601) v.

GARY C. et al.,

Defendants and Appellants.

Gary C. and Shirley C., parents of the minors, appeal from orders of the juvenile court terminating their parental rights. (Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 366.26, 395 [unless otherwise stated, statutory references that follow are to the Welfare and Institutions Code].) The parents argue the court erred in failing to find they had established the

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beneficial parental relationship exception to termination of parental rights. We affirm the juvenile court’s orders.

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

The three older minors, Matthew, age 4; B., age 2; and Neveah, age 1, were first removed from parental care in August 2012 due to the parents’ methamphetamine use and ongoing domestic violence. The court adopted a reunification plan in October 2012 and over the next several months, the parents complied with the plan and made progress toward reunification. We note that Gary C. is the biological father of B., Neveah and a fourth child, Dustin and the presumed father of Matthew. The terms “father” and “parents” refer only to Gary C. because Matthew’s biological father is not a part of the case. The court returned the minors to the parents in August 2013 under a family maintenance plan. At the review hearing in October 2013, the court continued the family maintenance plan. Dustin was born shortly before the October review hearing. In December 2013, the Shasta County Health and Human Services Agency (the Agency) filed supplemental petitions to again remove Matthew, age 5; B., age 3; and Nevaeh, age 2, from parental custody due to the parents’ relapse into methamphetamine use and failure to comply with the family maintenance plan. The Agency also filed an original petition to remove two-month-old Dustin from parental custody for the same reasons. The court detained the minors and set visitation at one hour one time a month. The court sustained the petitions. At the disposition hearing in March 2014 the court terminated services as to the three older minors, bypassed services as to the youngest and set a section 366.26 hearing. The report for the section 366.26 hearing stated the minors were moved to an adoptive placement in May 2014. The report described visits as inappropriate, in part, because the parents tried to ask the minors where they were currently placed and