In re Joseph W. CA2/2
In this juvenile dependency case, defendant and appellant L.B. (mother) challenges the juvenile court’s order terminating her parental rights to her 12-year-old son, Joseph W. In particular, mother argues that, at the permanency planning hearing, the juvenile court violated her due process rights by limiting her counsel’s ability to address whether Joseph objected to adoption. As a result, mother claims she was unable to establish either the beneficial parental relationship exception or the child-objection exception to adoption. As explained below, we conclude that, even assuming the juvenile court erred and the challenged testimony should have been permitted, the error was harmless and not a ground for reversal. If admitted, the challenged testimony would not change the propriety of the juvenile court’s ruling terminating mother’s parental rights.
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