In re C.L.
Filed 4/4/06 In re C.L. CA5
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
| In re C. L. et al., Persons Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. | |
| KERN COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CORINA A., Defendant and Appellant. | F048857
(Super. Ct. Nos. JD101428 & JD101429)
O P I N I O N |
THE COURT*
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Kern County. Robert Anspach, Judge.
Janette Freeman Cochran, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
B.C. Barmann, Sr., County Counsel, and Jennifer E. Zahry, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
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Corina A. appeals from orders terminating her parental rights (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.26) to her five-year-old daughter, C.L., and two-year-old son, J.L.[1] Appellant contends the court erred by denying her request for a bonding study, finding the children adoptable, and rejecting her claim that termination would be detrimental to her children's interests. On review, we disagree and will affirm.
PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL HISTORY
Respondent Kern County Department of Human Services (department) initiated the underlying dependency proceedings in mid-August 2003 after the children's aunt informed the department that she could not care for the children. Earlier that month, police arrested appellant and the children's father on charges related to driving a stolen vehicle. The children were asleep in the back seat of the car at the time of the parents' arrest. The family had been living out of the car for a few weeks and the parents, both of whom had a history of drug abuse, were under the influence. The children were filthy and had little to eat. The father identified the aunt to police as a person who could care for the children.
Thereafter, in October 2003, the Kern County Superior Court exercised its jurisdiction over then three-year old C.L. and eight-month-old J.L. based on the parents' neglect (sec. 300, subd. (b)), adjudged the children dependents, and removed them from parental custody. Despite 18 months of reunification services, the court was unable to reunite the family. Notably, over the 18-month-period, appellant did complete her service plan and regularly visited the children.[2]
From the outset, there was little interaction on appellant's part with her children during their supervised visits. For example, during a visit in August 2003, appellant never hugged or kissed her daughter and was largely nonresponsive. The toddler â€
