In re Chloe M. CA2/7

Filed 7/19/21 In re Chloe M. CA2/7 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SEVEN

In re CHLOE M., a Person B308615 Coming Under the Juvenile (Los Angeles County Court Law. Super. Ct. No. 18CCJP01849A)

LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

JILL M.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Jean M. Nelson, Judge. Affirmed.

Law Offices of Vincent W. Davis & Associates, Vincent W. Davis, for Defendant and Appellant. Rodrigo A. Castro-Silva, County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, and Sally Son, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. _________________________

Jill M., the mother of now-four-year-old Chloe M., appeals the juvenile court’s November 2, 2020 order terminating her parental rights under Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26.1 Jill contends the court erred in ruling she had failed to establish the parent-child-relationship exception to termination of parental rights (§ 366.26, subd. (c)(1)(B)(i)). We affirm. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND 1. The Sustained Petition On March 21, 2018 the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (Department) filed a dependency petition pursuant to section 300, subdivisions (a) (serious physical harm, one count) and (b) (failure to protect, four counts), based on the history of violent altercations between Jill and Chloe’s father, Charlie M.; both parents’ histories of mental and emotional problems; and Charlie’s history of substance abuse. At the detention hearing the court found a prima facie case for detaining Chloe and ordered her placed in the temporary custody of the Department. A continued jurisdiction/disposition hearing was held on July 27, 2018. The court dismissed the allegation of serious