In re Cindy A. CA5
Cynthia M. (mother) is the mother of Cindy A. (born April 2016); Cindy’s presumed father is Leroy A. (father) and is not a party on appeal. Cindy was removed from mother and father (collectively, parents) shortly after her birth and became a dependent of the juvenile court due to parents’ ongoing, untreated mental health and substance abuse problems. Mother now appeals from the court’s October 11, 2016, order terminating her parental rights over Cindy under Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26.
On appeal, mother contends the juvenile court’s jurisdictional and dispositional orders must be reversed because she received inadequate notice of the continued jurisdiction/disposition hearing held on May 24, 2016. Neither parent attended the hearing at which the juvenile court found ordering reunification services was not appropriate under the bypass provision of section 361.5, subdivision (b)(10) and set a section 366.26 hearing based on parents’ failure to reunify wi
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