In re April M.
Filed 4/07/06 In re April M. 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 APRIL M. et al., Persons Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. | |
| SACRAMENTO COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. BILLIE M. et al., Defendants and Appellants. | C050243
Super. Ct. Nos. JD220270 JD220271 JD220272
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Billie M. and Mary C. (appellants), the father and mother of April, Lacy, and Louise (the minors), each appeal from an order of the juvenile court terminating the parental rights of appellants. (Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 366.26, 395; further statutory references to sections of an undesignated code are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.) Appellants make numerous claims of alleged prejudicial error. Moreover, Mary adopts Billie's claims to the extent they benefit her. We affirm.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On January 27, 2003, Yolo County Department of Employment and Social Services filed original juvenile dependency petitions pursuant to section 300 on behalf of three-month-old April,
19-month-old Louise, and two-year-old Lacy. Those petitions alleged the minors were at a substantial risk of suffering serious physical harm or illness due to the failure of appellants to provide the minors with adequate food, clothing, shelter, or medical treatment. According to the petitions, the minors had hygienic and medical problems, and appellants had criminal records.
The Yolo County Juvenile Court sustained the petitions as amended, adjudged the minors dependent children, and ordered them removed from parental custody. The minors' older siblings, Leslie, Billy, and Ashley, remained in the custody of appellants. Appellants visited the minors twice weekly. Thereafter, the court ordered the return of the minors to appellants' custody. However, less than three months later, the minors were removed again from parental custody due to neglect. They were placed together in foster care. Mary visited the minors on a weekly basis, but Billie did not visit regularly due to his incarceration.
On April 26, 2004, the dependency proceedings were transferred to Sacramento County, and the Sacramento County Juvenile Court ordered the minors to continue as dependent children. Mary and the older siblings visited the minors on a weekly basis, and Billie visited the minors twice weekly. Ordinarily, those visits went well, but occasionally Mary had difficulty in some of her interactions with the minors, and the minors sometimes cried as visits ended. One report by the social worker noted the visits â€
