In re C.L.
Eight week old C. L. was taken into protective custody in December 2005 after her mother, Andrea L. (Mother), and father, Thomas L. (Father), were arrested in C.s presence for being under the influence of a controlled substance, placing her at risk of harm or death, and leaving her without a caretaker. The Orange County Social Services Agency (SSA) filed a juvenile dependency petition alleging C.s parents failed to protect C. (Welf. & Inst. Code, 300, subd. (b).) (All further statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code unless otherwise specified.)
After the juvenile court terminated reunification services and set a permanency hearing under section 366.26, Mother and Father each filed a petition under section 388 seeking the return of C. to their care or, alternatively, additional reunification services. The juvenile court summarily denied the petitions. Following a hearing, the court terminated Fathers and Mothers parental rights. Although evidence at the permanency hearing showed Mother and Father regularly visited C., they did not satisfy their burden to show that severing their relationship with C. would deprive her of a substantial, positive emotional attachment such that [C.] would be greatly harmed. (In re Autumn H. (1994) 27 Cal.App.4th 567, 575.) The orders are affirmed.
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