Los Angeles County Department of Children & Family Services v. M.P.

Opinion

GOSWAMI, J. * —

INTRODUCTION

Father and Mother appeal from the juvenile court’s order terminating parental rights to six-year-old daughter, Grace, five-year-old son, Marco, and three-year-old son, Michael, pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code 1 section 366.26. Father argues that the court erred in finding the beneficial parent-child relationship exception to termination did not apply and in denying him a contested hearing on that issue. Mother did not request a hearing to assess her relationship with the children and does not have an independent basis for preventing termination of…