In re Q.S. CA3

Filed 4/12/16 In re Q.S. CA3 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published,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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.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 Q.S. et al., Persons Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law.

SACRAMENTO COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF C080485 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. Nos. JD234681, JD234682 ) v.

S.T. et al.,

Defendants and Appellants.

S.T., mother, and D.S., father of Q.S., appeal from orders of the juvenile court terminating their parental rights. (Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 366.26, 3951.) M. Johnson, father of M.J., is deceased. Father joins mother’s argument that the court erred in

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

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terminating parental rights because mother established that the beneficial parental relationship exception applied. We conclude mother has not met her burden of establishing a beneficial parental relationship with either minor. We affirm the juvenile court’s orders. FACTS In May 2014, the Sacramento County Department of Health and Human Services (Department) removed two-year-old Q.S. and newborn M.J. from mother’s custody due to M.J. and mother testing positive for methamphetamine at the minor’s birth. Mother previously failed to reunify with two older half siblings of the minors. The older half siblings were adopted in 2011. Following the detention, mother tested positive for alcohol and was told not to continue to provide breast milk for M.J. The minors were placed together in a foster home. Q.S. had issues with speech and toilet training. Mother had twice-weekly supervised visits. Q.S. tended to be quiet after visits although she had screamed for an hour after the first visit. By October 2014, visits were going well. Mother interacted with the minors and visits were positive and appropriate. The court sustained the petitions and ordered services for mother. The six-month review report in April 2015 stated Q.S. was continuing to have toilet training issues and language problems. M.J. was doing well with no apparent delays. Mother attended all supervised visits. In December 2014, unsupervised visits began. After the first unsupervised visit, there was some concern about mother feeding the baby the required formula. After another unsupervised visit, there was a concern mother was not properly buckling the baby into the car seat. This was discussed with mother and no further concerns were noted. In February 2015, mother tested positive for methamphetamine, amphetamine and marijuana and visits returned to a supervised format. The report recommended termination of services due to mother’s lack of