In re O.P.
Defendants and appellants, A.N. (Mother) and C.P. (Father), are the parents of O.P. In this case initiated by plaintiff and respondent, San Bernardino County Children and Family Services (CFS), the juvenile court removed O.P. from the parents’ custody because of the parents’ drug use and domestic violence issues. O.P. was placed with his maternal grandparents. After the parents failed to reunify with O.P., CFS recommended that the maternal grandparents adopt O.P.
At a hearing held pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26,[1] the trial court terminated the parental rights of O.P.’s parents and selected adoption as the permanent plan for O.P. The maternal grandparents are the prospective adoptive parents.
On appeal, Mother argues the court erred by: (1) failing to grant an evidentiary hearing on Mother’s request for change of court order, or section 388 petition; and (2) failing to apply the beneficial parental relationship exception to terminating parental rights under section 366.26, subdivision (c)(1)(B)(i). Father joins in Mother’s arguments. We reject these arguments and affirm the court’s orders.
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