In re M.H.
In this appeal the parents of M.H., born in May 2003, challenge the summary denial of their Welfare and Institutions Code section 388 petitions requesting termination of a guardianship for their daughter and reinstatement of reunification services.[1]
After an 18-month reviewing hearing in March 2008, the juvenile court terminated services seeking to reunify R.H. (mother) and H.H. (father) with M.H. After a contested section 366.26 hearing, the court selected a permanent plan of legal guardianship and did not terminate parental rights. In August 2008, the couple with whom M.H. had been placed for two years was appointed her legal guardians.
In August and September of 2010, the Santa Cruz County Human Resources Department (Department), mother, and father each filed section 388 petitions seeking termination of the guardianship. The Department also sought to place M.H. with paternal relatives in Colorado. Mother also sought renewal of reunification services to her. She opposed an out-of-state placement. Father also sought either increased visitation or immediate placement of minor with him with family maintenance or reunification services. He opposed an out-of-state placement. At a hearing on October 5, 2010, the juvenile court summarily rejected the section 388 petitions by parents and continued the hearing on the Department's petition.
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