R.B. v. Superior Court
Mother seeks an extraordinary writ (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.452) directed to the juvenile court’s order terminating or denying reunification services and setting a Welfare and Institutions Code[1] section 366.26 hearing as to her three children, J.B., age 12, D.A., age four, both of whom have special developmental needs, and R.A., age seven months. Father also seeks an extraordinary writ directed to the juvenile court’s order terminating or denying reunification services and setting a section 366.26 hearing as to D.A. and R.A. as to whom he is the presumed father. Both parents contend there is no substantial evidence to support the trial court’s finding that reasonable reunification services were provided as to the older siblings. They also contend the court erred in consolidating the infant’s case with that of her older siblings and continuing her dispositional hearing until after reunification services had been terminated for the older children, thereby allowing services to be bypassed under section 361.5, subdivision (b)(10). Mother contends further that there is no substantial evidence to support the court’s finding that the two older siblings should be treated as a sibling group for the purpose of determining the applicable timeline for reunification. We shall deny the petitions.
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