In re I.B. CA2/3
Mother Monika B. (mother) appeals from the juvenile court’s order terminating her parental rights under Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26 and setting adoption as the permanent plan for her seven-year-old daughter, I.B. (minor). Mother challenges the court’s finding that the beneficial parent child relationship bar to adoption (§ 366.26, subd. (c)(1)(B)(i)) does not apply. The court determined that although mother consistently visited the minor during the four and one half years of the dependency proceedings and the two have a loving and affectionate bond, the benefit of maintaining the parent child bond does not outweigh the benefit adoption would provide the minor in this case. That finding, which rests not only upon the written reports from the Department of Children and Family Services (Department) but also upon testimony by mother and the minor’s long term therapist, is supported by substantial evidence. Accordingly, we affirm.
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