In re J.B.
Plaintiff and respondent San Bernardino Department of Children and Family Services (the Department) took J.B. (minor; born August 2012) into protective custody when he was released from the hospital after both minor, and defendant and appellant K.M. (mother), tested positively for amphetamines. Mother, and defendant and appellant E.B. (father) (collectively “parentsâ€), had failed to reunify with three previous children. The department placed minor with the prospective adoptive parents (PAPs) on August 10, 2012. The juvenile court denied parents reunification services due to their failure to reunify with the three other children. On March 5, 2013, the juvenile court terminated parents’ parental rights.
On appeal, mother contends insufficient evidence supported the court’s determination the beneficial parental relationship exception did not apply. Father does not independently challenge the juvenile court’s order, but maintains that should mother prevail, his parental rights must also be reinstated. (In re DeJohn B. (2000) 84 Cal.App.4th 100, 102, 110.) We hold substantial evidence supports the juvenile court’s order terminating parental rights. The judgment is, therefore, affirmed.
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