Filed 8/15/12 In re N.H. CA5
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF
FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
In re N.H., a Person Coming Under
the Juvenile Court Law.
KERN COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN
SERVICES,
Plaintiff and
Respondent,
v.
K.M.,
Defendant and
Appellant.
F064460
(Super.
Ct. No. JD125524-00)
THE COURT*
APPEAL from
a judgment of the Superior Court
of Kern County. Louie L. Vega, Commissioner.
Carolyn S.
Hurley, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
No
appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.
-ooOoo-
K.M. (mother) appealed from an
order terminating parental rights
(Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.26) to her one-year-old son, N.[1] After reviewing the entire record, mother’s
court-appointed appellate counsel informed this court she found no arguable
issues to raise in this appeal. Counsel
requested and this court granted leave for mother to personally file a letter
setting forth a good cause showing that an arguable
issue of reversible error does exist.
(In re
Mother has since submitted a letter
to this court. However, her letter is
identical to one she previously submitted in her earlier appeal from an order
denying her request to terminate N.’s legal guardianship and regain custody of
the child (In re N.H., F063970). This court reviewed those claims and
determined they did not amount to a good cause showing that an arguable issue
of reversible error did exist. We see no reason to repeat that review
here.
An appealed-from judgment or order
is presumed correct. (
557, 564.) It is appellant’s burden to
raise claims of reversible error or other defect and present argument and
authority on each point made. If
appellant fails to do so, the appeal should be dismissed. (In re
Sade C. (1996) 13 Cal.4th 952, 994.)
Mother has raised no claim of error or other defect against the
termination order from which she appealed.
DISPOSITION
The
appeal is dismissed.
* Before
Cornell, Acting P.J., Kane, J. and Detjen, J.
[1] All
statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code unless otherwise
indicated.
