In re H.T.
Minors H.T. (born January 2010), G.T. (born August 2007), C.T. (born November 2005), and M.G.[1] (born October 2000) (collectively minors) came to the attention of plaintiff and respondent San Bernardino County Children and Family Services (the department) when the younger three siblings’ paternal aunt called law enforcement on January 17, 2010, to report defendant and appellant D.T. (father) had left the elder three siblings in her care with no provision for support and failed to return when promised. Defendant and appellant T.T. (mother) had just given birth prematurely to H.T. and tested positively for drugs several times while in the hospital.[2]
The juvenile court removed minors from parents’ custody and offered parents 18 months of reunification services. After a contested 18-month review hearing on August 16, 2011, the court terminated parents’ reunification services and set the Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26 hearing.[3] On April 12, 2012, the juvenile court suspended parents’ visitation with the three younger siblings, upon the department’s request, in order that they might “adjust and stabilize in their†new prospective adoptive placement.
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