In re A.M. CA3

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

In re A.M., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile C078703 Court Law.

SACRAMENTO COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF (Super. Ct. No. JD234843) HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

S.H.,

Defendant and Appellant.

S.H., mother of minor A.M., appeals from the juvenile court’s orders terminating her parental rights and freeing the minor for adoption. (Welf. & Inst. Code,1 §§ 366.26, 395.) She contends the juvenile court erred by not finding that the beneficial parental relationship exception to adoption applied. (§ 366.26, subd. (c)(1)(B)(i).) We affirm.

1 Further undesignated statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.

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BACKGROUND Minor A.M. was born in October 2009. Her parents’ relationship was riddled with domestic violence. In May 2013, mother was arrested for charges involving the trafficking of minors, and it appears father was also incarcerated around that time, although the charges are unclear from the record. Upon mother’s arrest, she left the minor in the care of the maternal grandmother. Shortly after mother’s arrest in May 2013, the minor’s paternal half sibling, De.M., and a nonrelated minor, D.A., were detained and placed with minor A.M.’s paternal grandmother.2 Another of minor’s paternal half siblings, Da.M., was detained in January 2014 and also placed with the paternal grandmother. On June 13, 2014, the Sacramento County Department of Health and Human Services (Department) filed a section 300 petition on behalf of the minor alleging that the minor’s maternal aunt (a minor), who was also residing in the maternal grandmother’s home, had been physically abused by the maternal grandmother. The petition alleged mother had placed the minor at risk by leaving her in the care of this inappropriate and unsafe caregiver and both parents were incarcerated and unable to provide care for the minor. The petition also alleged that the minor’s paternal half siblings had been declared dependents due to domestic violence involving father. The minor was detained in the home of the paternal grandmother. The minor had asked to be placed with half siblings De.M. and Da.M. Father’s parental rights to De.M. were terminated in July 2014. On September 8, 2014, the juvenile court held a combined jurisdiction/disposition hearing, sustained the allegations in the section 300 petition, declared the minor a dependent child of the court, and placed the minor with the paternal grandmother.