In re P.B. CA4/1 filed 5/8/17
When P.B. was approximately four months old, the juvenile court removed her,
along with her seven siblings, from her mother, R.F. (Mother) and placed her with foster
parents. P.B. remained with the foster parents for the following 18 months before having
a 60-day trial visit with Mother and her siblings. P.B. struggled to adjust and started
displaying negative behaviors during the visit, and although the juvenile court returned
the siblings to Mother, it placed P.B. back with the foster parents, terminated Mother's
reunification services as to P.B. and, eventually, terminated Mother's parental rights to
allow the foster parents to adopt P.B. Mother appeals the order terminating her parental
rights and argues the court erred by not applying either the beneficial parental-child
relationship or the sibling bond exception set forth in Welfare and Institutions Code1
section 366.26, subdivisions (c)(1)(B)(i) and (v). We conclude the exceptions do not
apply to outweigh the
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