In re Ashley H.
Filed 2/6/07 In re Ashley H. CA4/2
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION TWO
In re ASHLEY H., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. | |
RIVERSIDE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. M.H. et al., Defendants and Appellants; W.H. et al., Movants and Appellants. | E040534 (Super.Ct.No. J103319) OPINION |
APPEAL from the Superior Court of Riverside County. William A. Anderson, Jr., Temporary Judge. (Pursuant to Cal. Const., art. VI, § 21.) Affirmed with directions.
Rich Pfeiffer, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant M.H.
Michael D. Randall, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant D.H.
Robert Wayne Gehring, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Movants and Appellants.
Joe S. Rank, County Counsel, and Prabhath Shettigar, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
Konrad S. Lee, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Minor.
Ashley H. (the child or Ashley) and her two older brothers, C.H. and W.H., became dependent children of the juvenile court in 2002, when their parents, M.H. (father) and D.H. (mother), were arrested for manufacturing methamphetamine. Eventually, the trial court denied a petition by the two boys under Welfare and Institutions Code section 388[1] to intervene in the child's selection and implementation hearing as interested siblings. The juvenile court denied the boys' section 388 petition and terminated mother and father's parental rights. Appeals have been filed by mother, father, and the two boys. We shall affirm.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
In 2002, the parents were arrested on methamphetamine manufacturing charges and all three children were taken into protective custody. At the time, Ashley was about four years old, and her brothers, C.H. and W.H., were about ages six and seven, respectively.
Ashley told social workers that her brothers hit her, and that C.H., in particular, â€
