In re J.C. CA5
E.G. (mother) appeals from an order terminating parental rights (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.26) to her six children, now six-year-old Ju. C., five-year-old Jo. C., four-year-old twins A.C. and R.C., three-year-old I.C., and one-year-old G.G. The children’s father is Ricardo C. (father). Mother contends the juvenile court prejudicially erred when it denied her attorney’s request for a continuance of the section 366.26 hearing, which deprived her of her due process right to a contested hearing on the issues of adoptability and the beneficial parent-child and sibling relationship exceptions to adoption. (§ 366.26, subd. (c)(1)(B)(i) & (v).) We agree that mother’s due process rights were violated. Therefore, we reverse the juvenile court’s adoptability findings and the termination of parental rights, and remand for the juvenile court to set a new section 366.26 hearing.
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