In re A.C. CA5

Filed 4/7/23 In re A.C. CA5

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

In re A.C. et al., Persons Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law.

FRESNO COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF F085089 SOCIAL SERVICES, (Super. Ct. No. 20CEJ300364) Plaintiff and Respondent,

v. OPINION ASHLEY C.

Defendant and Appellant.

THE COURT * APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Fresno County. Elizabeth Egan, Judge. Roshni Mehta, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent. -ooOoo-

* Before Franson, Acting P. J., Peña, J. and Meehan, J.

Appellant Ashley C. (mother) appealed from the juvenile court’s September 27, 2022, order terminating her parental rights (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.26)1 to her now five-year-old son, Anthony C., and two-year-old son, A.C. After reviewing the juvenile court record, mother’s court-appointed counsel informed this court she could find no arguable issues to raise on mother’s behalf. This court granted mother leave to personally file a letter setting forth a good cause showing that an arguable issue of reversible error exists. (In re Phoenix H. (2009) 47 Cal.4th 835, 844.) Mother filed a letter but failed to address the termination findings or orders or set forth a good cause showing that any arguable issue of reversible error arose from the section 366.26 hearing. (In re Phoenix H., supra, 47 Cal.4th at p. 844.) Consequently, we dismiss the appeal. PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL STATEMENT In November 2020, the Fresno County Department of Social Services (department) took then three-year-old Anthony and newborn A.C. into protective custody after A.C. tested positive for methamphetamine and the maternal grandmother failed to abide by the safety plan that would have allowed her to have custody of the children. Although mother tested negative for drugs at the time of A.C.’s birth, she admitted using methamphetamine daily for the first seven months of her pregnancy. The whereabouts of Anthony’s father were unknown and A.C.’s father was living in Mexico. The fathers were alleged and remained so throughout the proceedings. The children were placed together in foster care. In January 2021, the juvenile court exercised its dependency jurisdiction over the children and ordered mother to participate in parenting, substance abuse, domestic violence and mental health services. Services were not ordered for the alleged fathers.