Nicole B. v. Sup. Ct.
Nicolas B., born in March 2003, and Shane B., born in August 2001, were made dependents of the Lake County Juvenile Court in October and December, 2005, respectively. (Welf. & Inst. Code, 300.) Pursuant to rule 8.452 of the California Rules of Court, their mother, Nicole B. has filed a petition for extraordinary writ review of an order setting a hearing to select and implement a permanent plan pursuant to section 366.26 (hereafter .26 hearing). She contends the court erroneously denied her April 2006 section 388 petition requesting placement of the children with their maternal grandmother and failed to give the maternal grandmother preferential placement consideration. She also contends the Lake County Department of Social Services (Department) failed to act as an impartial arm of the juvenile court, depriving her of her rights to fundamental fairness and accurate fact finding. Court reject the contentions and deny the petition.
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