In re S.A.R. CA2/6

Filed 5/16/22 In re S.A.R. CA2/6 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.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

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SIX

In re S.A.R. et al., Persons 2d Juv. No. B314913 Coming Under the Juvenile (Super. Ct. Nos. J072753, Court Law. J072244) (Ventura County)

VENTURA COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY,

Petitioner and Respondent,

v.

N.R. et al.,

Objectors and Appellants.

N.R. (father) appeals from orders of the juvenile court denying his Request to Change Court Order (section 388 petition) (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 388) 1 without an evidentiary hearing, and

All further statutory references are to the Welfare and 1 Institutions Code.

terminating parental rights to his now one-year-old daughter, S.A.R. (§ 366.26.) Father contends the juvenile court erred in summarily denying his section 388 petition because it established a prima facie case of changed circumstances or new evidence. He also contends the juvenile court’s denial of the petition led to the premature termination of parental rights. Celine G. (mother) separately appealed the trial court’s orders as to S.A.R. and S.A.R.’s half-sister, C.G. However, mother’s opening brief does not raise any issues as to either minor child. Instead, she joins in father’s arguments as to S.A.R. Accordingly, we construe mother’s appeal abandoned as to C.G. (See Reyes v. Kosha (1998) 65 Cal.App.4th 451, 466, fn. 6 [appellate court’s review limited to issues that have been adequately raised and supported in appellant’s brief].) We affirm the juvenile court’s orders as to S.A.R. Mother’s appeal as to C.G. is dismissed. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY S.A.R. was born in January 2021. At the time of S.A.R.’s birth, mother tested positive for amphetamine and marijuana. S.A.R. also tested positive for amphetamine. The juvenile court detained S.A.R. and placed her in the home of maternal cousin and his wife, who also had placement of S.A.R.’s older half-sister, C.G., due to mother’s substance abuse issues. Father and mother are no strangers to the juvenile dependency system. When S.A.R. was born, mother had an open dependency case and was receiving reunification services for C.G. Father also had an open dependency case and was receiving reunification services for his three children from a prior relationship. However, father and mother struggled to remain sober.