In re Y.V. CA2/6

Filed 7/19/22 In re Y.V. CA2/6 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.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 Y.V., a Person Coming 2d Juv. No. B317243 Under the Juvenile Court Law. (Super. Ct. No. J072546) (Ventura County)

VENTURA COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

M.V.,

Defendant and Appellant.

M.V. appeals from the juvenile court’s order terminating parental rights to his minor daughter, Y.V., and selecting adoption as the permanent plan. (See Welf. & Inst. Code,1 § 366.26.) He contends the court erred when it concluded that

1 Statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.

the sibling relationship exception to the termination of parental rights did not apply. We affirm. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY In June 2020, the Ventura County Human Services Agency (HSA) petitioned the juvenile court to remove Y.V. from the custody of her parents, I.A. (Mother) and M.V. (Father), after the two had an argument over where six-month-old Y.V. would stay that night. During the argument Mother pushed Father while he held Y.V. Father pushed Mother while she held Y.V. Mother then choked Father. She had him in a headlock when police arrived and arrested them both. HSA social workers alleged that Y.V. was in danger based on this incident, because Father had previously disobeyed a restraining order, and because both Mother and Father had histories of domestic violence and substance abuse. Mother and Father did not contest the petition, and the juvenile court ordered Y.V. placed with Father’s cousin. The court also ordered reunification services. At the six-month review hearing, Mother revealed that she was pregnant with Father’s child. Both she and Father had enrolled in domestic violence counseling and substance abuse services and had made “moderate” progress. The juvenile court found these steps encouraging and ordered six more months of reunification services. E.V. was born in March 2021. He initially lived with Mother, but was removed from her custody in May and placed with Y.V. in the paternal cousin’s home. At the 12-month review hearing in June, the juvenile court found that Mother had made “minimal” progress, while Father’s progress was “nil.” The court ordered a hearing to develop a