In re John B
Filed 2/17/06 In re John B. CA3
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT
(Sacramento)
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| In re JOHN B. et al., Persons Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. | |
| SACRAMENTO COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. LAURIE M., Defendant and Appellant. |
C049920
(Super. Ct. Nos. JD220025, JD220026)
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Laurie M., mother of the minors, appeals from orders of the juvenile court terminating her parental rights. (Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 366.26, 395.)[1] Appellant contends that the court improperly granted total discretion over visitation to the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and erred in failing to find she had established the benefit exception to the preference for adoption as a permanent plan. (§ 366.26, subd. (c)(1)(A).) We affirm.
FACTS
The minors, Logan, age three, and John, age one month, were removed from parental custody in December 2003 due to appellant's ongoing substance abuse problem (evidenced by the fact that both appellant and John tested positive for a controlled substance after his birth) and appellant's failure to comply with an informal supervision plan. The court denied services to appellant and the minors' fathers failed to reunify with them.
At the contested dispositional hearing in June 2004, the juvenile court ordered visitation for appellant â€
