366.26 termination hrg.

Name: In re J.C.
Case #: G049095
Court: CA Court of Appeal
District 4 DCA
Division: 3
Opinion Date: 05/22/2014
  • Categories: 366.26 termination hrg., 388 Modification Petn., Dependency (300)

The juvenile court properly terminated parental rights where mother could not show benefits to minor of modification of permanent plan. Mother appealed from the denial of her 388 modification petition, contending that she made a sufficient showing to warrant an…

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Name: In re Suhey G.
Case #: B247969
Court: CA Court of Appeal
District 2 DCA
Division: 3
Opinion Date: 11/21/2013
  • Categories: 366.26 termination hrg., Dependency (300), Notice, Rights of Parents

Where Department failed to properly inform father about proceedings, court was required to consider father's late request for custody prior to considering termination of his parental rights. Suhey was removed from her mother's care and placed with a relative; her…

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Name: In re T.G.
Case #: A134874
Court: CA Court of Appeal
District 1 DCA
Division: 5
Opinion Date: 04/02/2013
  • Categories: 366.26 termination hrg., Dependency (300), Paternity/Parentage

Presumed father's parental rights were improperly terminated where there was no showing of unfitness. Minor was removed from mother at birth when he tested positive for cocaine. Appellant T.B. (father) was neither married to nor living with mother. He requested…

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Name: In re Michael G.
Case #: D060107
Court: CA Court of Appeal
District 4 DCA
Division: 1
Opinion Date: 02/14/2012
  • Categories: 366.26 termination hrg., Adoptability, Dependency (300), Exceptions to Adoption

Juvenile court properly terminated parental rights where sufficient evidence supported the conclusion that the minor was adoptable and no evidence supported an exception to adoption. On appeal from parental rights termination, parents argued that the Department's adoption assessment report was…

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Name: In re A.A.
Case #: E053775
Court: CA Court of Appeal
District 4 DCA
Division: 2
Opinion Date: 02/14/2012
  • Categories: 366.26 termination hrg., Dependency (300), Incarcerated Parents, Reunification services, Rights of Parents

Juvenile court properly denied modification motion where mother was still incarcerated at the time of second dependency proceeding. Minor was removed from mother following mother's incarceration on drug charges, and placed with father. Reunification services to mother were terminated following…

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Name: In re Z.K.
Case #: C067441
Court: CA Court of Appeal
District 3 DCA
Opinion Date: 11/23/2011
  • Categories: 366.26 termination hrg., Dependency (300)

Reversal is required where mother's parental rights terminated absent a finding of detriment. Mother's infant son was taken by his father, and mother returned to Ohio but never stopped looking for him. By the time she found him, he had…

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Name: In re T.W.
Case #: B230068
Court: CA Court of Appeal
District 2 DCA
Division: 8
Opinion Date: 07/18/2011
Subsequent History: opn. mod. on 7/18/2011
  • Categories: 366.26 termination hrg., Appealable Orders, Appeals, Dependency (300)

Appeal was dismissed where there was no evidence that mother did not receive written advisement of the writ requirement. Mother appealed from an order terminating her parental rights, contending that she was wrongfully denied reunification services. Mother argued that she…

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Name: In re K.C.
Case #: S183320
Court: CA Supreme Court
District CalSup
Opinion Date: 07/21/2011
  • Categories: 366.26 termination hrg., 388 Modification Petn., Dependency (300)

Father did not have standing to appeal order denying placement of minor with grandparents. The Court granted review to determine whether a father who did not challenge the termination of his parental rights has standing to appeal an order entered…

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Name: In re J.T.
Case #: C065273
Court: CA Court of Appeal
District 3 DCA
Opinion Date: 05/17/2011
  • Categories: 366.26 termination hrg., Dependency (300)

Adult sibling lacked standing to challenge parental rights termination based on sibling relationship. Sister, an adult sibling, challenged the parental rights termination to her younger sibling, arguing that she had a legally cognizable interest in maintaining a relationship with her…

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Name: In re C.F.
Case #: D058382
Court: CA Court of Appeal
District 4 DCA
Division: 1
Opinion Date: 03/16/2011
  • Categories: 366.26 termination hrg., Dependency (300)

Beneficial parent-child relationship exception to adoption did not apply where mother has played no parental role in the minors' lives. On appeal from parental rights termination, mother challenged the sufficiency of evidence to support the court's finding that the beneficial…

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