AMBER R v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE COUNTY
Filed 5/19/06
CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION THREE
AMBER R., Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE COUNTY, Respondent; ORANGE COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY et al., Real Parties in Interest. | G035611 (Super. Ct. No. J-426220) O P I N I O N |
Original proceedings; petition for a writ of mandate to challenge an order of the Superior Court of Orange County, Carolyn Kirkwood, Judge. Petition denied.
Deborah A. Kwast, Public Defender, Frank Ospino, Assistant Public Defender, and Dennis M. Nolan, Deputy Public Defender, for Petitioner.
No appearance for Respondent.
Benjamin P. de Mayo, County Counsel and Jeannie Su, Deputy County Counsel, for Real Party in Interest Orange County Social Services Agency.
Lawrence A. Aufill for Real Party in Interest Kayli R.
Does a biological mother, whose parental rights have been terminated, have standing to file a petition under Welfare and Institutions Code section 388 (all further statutory references are to this code) to seek an order providing for continued contact with the child? The child, now 15-year-old Kayli R., resides in a group home. The court previously terminated the parental rights of Amber R., Kayli's biological mother. Amber R. filed a section 388 petition in connection with a six-month review hearing as required by section 366.3, subdivision (d) for a child who has not been placed in the home of a guardian. In her petition Amber R. sought to be identified as an individual â€
