In re A.N. CA2/8

California Court of Appeal Nov 20, 2020 No. B305208Unpublished

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Holding. The court held that the juvenile court did not abuse its discretion in determining that the beneficial parental relationship exception to adoption did not apply and subsequently terminating parental rights.

Issues

Did the juvenile court abuse its discretion in failing to find the beneficial parental relationship exception to adoption applied?
Did the juvenile court err in selecting adoption as the permanent plan over legal guardianship?

Disposition. Affirmed

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“I can’t find that that parental role and relationship outweighs the benefits of permanence in adoption for the children, nor that it would be detrimental to terminate that relationship”

“It is evident from the record that there was no parent/child relationship between the mother and any of her children, much less a substantial, positive emotional attachment.”

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION EIGHT

In re A.N. et al., Persons Coming B305208 Under the Juvenile Court Law. ______________________________ (Los Angeles County LOS ANGELES COUNTY Super. Ct. No. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN 18CCJP02285A–C) AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

F.O.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Daniel Zeke Zeidler, Judge. Affirmed. Roni Keller, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Mary C. Wickham, County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, and Stephen D. Watson, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. __________________________ Appellant F.O. appeals from the juvenile court orders terminating her parental rights and freeing the minors for adoption.1 She argues the juvenile court abused its discretion in failing to find the “beneficial parental relationship exception” to adoption applies. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.26, subd. (c)(1)(B)(i).)2 We affirm. FACTS On April 10, 2018, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services filed a dependency petition on behalf of five-year-old A.N., four-year-old S.N., and three-year-old G.N. pursuant to section 300, subdivisions (a) and (b). The petition alleged the minors were at risk because of the parents’ history of violent altercations in front of them. On March 15, 2018, the father strangled the mother, causing her to lose consciousness; he also threatened to kill her and burn down the minors’ house. On April 6, 2018, the mother punched the father with a closed fist, and he scratched her eye. The father had a history of drug abuse, including methamphetamine, and the mother would allow him to have access to the children in

In re A.N. CA2/8

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION EIGHT

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