In re A.M. CA4/1
APPEALS from an order of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Michael Imhoff, Commissioner. Affirmed.
Office of County Counsel, Lonnie J. Eldridge, County Counsel, Caitlin E. Rae, Chief Deputy County Counsel, and Tahra Broderson, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Appellant.
Amy Z. Tobin, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Respondent L.M.
Emily Uhre, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Minor A.M.
Linda Rehm, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Respondent W.H.
INTRODUCTION
At the permanency planning hearing, the juvenile court found A.M. was likely to be adopted but L.M. (Mother) had established the parental-benefit exception and declined to terminate her parental rights. The San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency (the Agency) appeals. The Agency concedes Mother met the first two elements of the parental-benefit exception; that is, Mother regularly and consistently visited A.M. and A.M. had a significant,
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