In re K.O.
Filed 4/17/06 In re K.O. CA3
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT
(Shasta)
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| In re K.O. et al., Persons Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. | |
| SHASTA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. R.L., Defendant and Appellant. |
C050886
(Super. Ct. Nos. JVSQ2483901, JVSQ2484001)
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R.L. (appellant), the mother of K.O. and N.O. (the minors), appeals from orders of the juvenile court terminating her parental rights. (Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 366.26, 395; further unspecified section references are to this code.) Appellant contends the orders terminating her parental rights must be reversed because the juvenile court's findings that it was likely the minors would be adopted were not supported by substantial evidence. Disagreeing with that contention, we affirm the orders.
Facts and Proceedings
On October 17, 2003, Shasta County Department of Social Services (DSS) filed an original juvenile dependency petition pursuant to section 300 on behalf of five-year-old K.O. and six-year-old N.O. That petition alleged appellant had mental health and substance abuse difficulties that interfered with her ability to care for the minors. The petition also alleged appellant had threatened to commit suicide and to kill the minors' maternal grandmother.
The juvenile court sustained the petition and adjudged the minors as dependent children. As of November 2003, the minors were placed together in foster care. Thereafter, the minors lived in separate placements. N.O. had engaged in aggressive and sexualized behaviors and had â€
