In re M.P. CA3

Filed 6/30/15 In re M.P. CA3 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 8.1115(b). This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.

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

In re M.P., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court C078104 Law.

(Super. Ct. No. JD231117) SACRAMENTO COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

KIMBERLY P.,

Defendant and Appellant.

Mother, Kimberly P., appeals the juvenile court’s orders finding the minor adoptable and terminating her parental rights. She contends there is no substantial evidence to support the finding the minor was adoptable. We disagree and affirm.

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BACKGROUND In September 2010, mother began participating in a residential drug treatment program. She was scheduled to finish the program in December 2010 and then move to transitional housing. In November 2010, the day before the minor was born, mother tested positive for amphetamine during a preoperative appointment. Two days later, the minor and mother tested negative for illicit substances. The Sacramento County Department of Health and Human Services (Department) filed a nondetaining Welfare and Institutions Code section 3001 petition alleging the minor’s half sibling had been abused or neglected as a result of mother’s lengthy substance abuse and domestic violence in the home, mother had not been offered reunification services based on her history, and the abuse of this half sibling put the minor at substantial risk of harm. (§ 300, subd. (j).) The juvenile court ordered the minor to remain in the care and custody of mother, under the Department’s supervision. Mother and the minor continued to live at the residential treatment facility, and were doing very well there. The counselor at the treatment facility was concerned about mother’s relationship with father, and father’s erratic behavior. Mother acknowledged the domestic violence in her relationship with father, but minimized both its frequency and severity. Mother was also participating in parenting education classes, nutrition education, domestic violence and related trauma education, and individual counseling. The juvenile court found the allegations of the petition true, sustained the petition, and adjudged the minor a dependent child. The juvenile court ordered the minor to remain placed with mother, visitation for father, and ordered services for mother. In separate proceedings, mother’s parental rights to the half sibling were terminated in April 2011. As to the minor in these proceedings, by November 2011, mother had successfully