In re Nathan P. CA4/3

Filed 4/15/13 In re Nathan P. CA4/3

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

In re NATHAN P., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law.

ORANGE COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY, G047318 Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. DP022272) v. OPINION SARAH S. et al.,

Defendants and Appellants.

Appeals from an order of the Superior Court of Orange County, Gary G. Bischoff, Temporary Judge. (Pursuant to Cal. Const., art. VI, § 21.) Affirmed.

Donna P. Chirco, under appointment by the Court of Appeal for Defendant and Appellant Sarah S. Rich Pfeiffer, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant Jeff P. Nicholas S. Chrisos, County Counsel, Karen L. Christensen and Aurelio Torre, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. No appearance for the Minor. * * * In this juvenile dependency matter, the mother contends, and the father joins her contentions, the juvenile court erred in refusing to provide her a full hearing after she petitioned for the court to change its order to set a hearing to terminate parental rights. We find the juvenile court did not abuse its discretion when it denied the mother a hearing on her petition and we affirm the order terminating parental rights. I FACTS Nathan P. was born in February 2012. He was admitted to Orangewood Children and Family Center First Step directly following his release from the hospital after his birth. His mother, Sarah S., used both crack cocaine and marijuana during the first trimester of her pregnancy with Nathan. After his mother and Jeff P., the father, were arrested for child cruelty, Nathan’s three half siblings were brought into protective custody in August 2010 and declared dependants of the Orange County Juvenile Court a few months later. In May 2012, Nathan was also declared a dependant of the juvenile court. Nathan’s mother registered as a controlled substance offender in 2011. She was arrested in 2006 and five times in 2011 for various drug offenses. Also in 2011, and prior to the child cruelty arrest, she was arrested for burglary and theft charges.