In re Juliana P. CA2/4
Mother, Gillian P., appeals from the juvenile court order terminating her parental rights to her then two–year–old daughter, Juliana P. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.26.) Mother contends the trial court erred in prematurely setting a selection and implementation hearing, and in summarily denying her section 388 petition seeking reunification services because, although her whereabouts were unknown at the start of the dependency process and at the time the selection and implementation hearing was set, she appeared in court on the date set for that hearing. Mother claims the court erred, as a matter of law, in prematurely setting the section 366.26 hearing, and abused its discretion by failing later to correct that legal error.
We conclude that the juvenile court erred, and that the order terminating parental rights must be reversed. We will remand the matter to the juvenile court with options as to how the court may proceed.
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