In re H.H. CA3

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

In re H.H., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court C079155 Law.

SACRAMENTO COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF (Super. Ct. No. JD233547) HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

A.W.,

Defendant and Appellant.

A.W., the mother of the minor H.H., appeals from the juvenile court’s order terminating her parental rights. (Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 366.26, 395.)1 She contends the court erred in declining to apply the sibling relationship exception to adoption. We affirm.

1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.

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FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND On June 20, 2013, the minor (born May 2013) was placed in protective custody after mother was arrested on a no bail warrant and had no available caretaker for the child. The home where mother and the minor resided smelled of urine and feces. A small box containing marijuana was found on the floor in a place accessible to children. Mother had an extensive child welfare history, which resulted in the termination of her parental rights as to two of the minor’s half siblings. She also failed to reunite with the minor’s three siblings, who were placed in guardianship in February and May 2013. In July 2013, the Sacramento County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) filed a dependency petition (§ 300) alleging failure to protect, no provision for support, and abuse of siblings. Services were ordered for mother at a non-detaining hearing held later that month. DHHS filed an amended petition in September 2013, adding allegations that mother had been residing with the minor’s father, C.H., who had engaged in domestic violence with mother. Mother submitted to jurisdiction at the September 2013 jurisdiction hearing. The juvenile court ordered services and placed the minor with mother at the October 2013 dispositional hearing. DHHS filed a supplemental petition (§ 387) in April 2014 alleging mother was allowing father in the home when the minor was present. The minor was detained later that month. The April 2014 jurisdiction and disposition report noted the minor was placed with her siblings, who loved having her around. The foster mother, the guardian of the minor’s siblings, expressed interest in guardianship should reunification fail. The juvenile court sustained the allegations at the June 2014 jurisdiction and disposition hearing. The court bypassed reunification services pursuant to section 361.5, subdivision (b)(10) and (11).