California Court of Appeal

Juvenile court's termination of a mother's parental rights to her son and selection of adoption as the son's permanent plan is affirmed where: 1) the evidence did not establish that the relationship between the mother and her son was a beneficial relationship, and even if the mother had established the existence of such a relationship, she cannot show that the juvenile court abused its discretion in finding that the relationship did not constitute a "compelling reason" for finding that adoption would be detrimental to her son; 2) since the undisputed evidence did not compel a finding that the sister and the mother's son had a sibling relationship that was beneficial to the son, the juvenile court's finding that the sibling relationship exception to adoption did not apply was supported by substantial evidence; and 3) the sister has failed to carry her burden of showing that the juvenile court's failure to accord her party status, even if erroneous, had any prejudicial impact on her opportunity to present evidence and argument at the hearing.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/09/2010
• Published 11/09/2010

Judges

• MIHARA

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Catherine C. Czar, Miguel Marquez