S.W. v. Super. Ct.
Petitioner S.W. (mother) asks this court to direct the juvenile court to vacate its order of February 7, 2013, denying her reunification services for her daughter D.W. (child) and setting a hearing under Welfare and Institutions Code, section 366.26[1] at which it will determine whether to terminate mother’s parental rights. Mother contends the juvenile court’s order is not supported by substantial evidence. As discussed below, substantial evidence supports the court’s order based on mother’s mental disability that makes her incapable of benefitting from reunification services (§ 361.5, subd. (b)(2)). Given this conclusion, we need not address mother’s argument that substantial evidence does not support the court’s order based on mother’s failure to address the problems that led to the removal of seven previous children (§ 361.5, subd. (b)(11)). We therefore deny mother’s petition.
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