Legal Opinion

San Diego County Health & Human Services Agency v. Tomas L.

California Court of Appeal

Decided April 24, 2012No. D060598PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

McCONNELL, P. J.

Tomas L., a minor also involved in this dependency proceeding, appeals a judgment terminating parental rights over his younger half siblings, D.M. and Noah M., and selecting adoption as the preferred permanent plan. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.26.)1 Tomas challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the court’s findings of adoptability and the inapplicability of the sibling relationship exception to the adoption preference. (§ 366.26, subd. (c)(l)(B)(v).) We conclude substantial evidence supports the court’s ruling on the sibling relationship exception. Further,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. In Re Celine R.California Supreme Court · 2003
  2. Hudis v. CrawfordCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2005
  3. San Diego County Health & Human Services Agency v. Laura C.California Court of Appeal · 2008

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Los Angeles County Department of Children & Family Services v. Lydia O.California Court of Appeal · 2017
  2. L. A. Cnty. Dep't of Children & Family Servs. v. Shawn M. (In re Elizabeth M.), California Court of Appeal, 5th District2018
  3. Atlas Construction Supply v. Swinerton BuildersCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2021
  4. In re A.C. CA4/1California Court of Appeal · 2021
  5. In re Adrian A. CA4/1California Court of Appeal · 2014

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