In re P.S. CA2/1
In this appeal, P.S. argues that the juvenile court erred when it failed to apply the relative placement preference pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 361.3 when evaluating her grandparents’ request for placement. In the alternative, if viewing the grandparents’ request for placement through the lens of section 388 was appropriate, P.S. argues that the juvenile court erred when it found that it was not in P.S.’s best interests to be placed with her grandparents. We agree that the juvenile court erred in failing to apply section 361.3’s statutory factors when deciding the issue of placement and thus do not address P.S.’s alternative argument. Consequently, we reverse the juvenile court order denying the grandparents’ section 388 petition. We necessarily reverse the juvenile court orders terminating parental rights and designating the foster parents, Jesse and JoAnna G., as P.S.’s prospective adoptive parents.
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