In re Bryan I.
Bryan I. and Joyce B., now 12 and 10 years old, respectively, were removed from the custody and care of their mother, Debra B. (mother), in June 2008. Reunification services were denied, pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 361.5, subdivision (b)(10) and (11), because mother had failed to reunify with and had her parental rights terminated to several of Bryan and Joyces half siblings, and had failed to correct the problems leading to those earlier dependency proceedings. (All further statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.) In May 2009, the juvenile court denied mothers petition under section 388, which asked the court to return the children to her care or order reunification services. The court also made findings that termination of parental rights would not be detrimental to Bryan and Joyce, that Bryan and Joyce had a probability of adoption but were difficult to place, and that no prospective adoptive parent had been identified. Pursuant to section 366.26, subdivisions (b)(3) and (c)(3), the court therefore identified adoption as the permanent plan for Bryan and Joyce, without terminating mothers parental rights, and ordered the Orange County Social Services Agency (SSA) to locate an adoptive family. Mother appealed from these orders. Court affirm.
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