Fresno County Department of Social Services v. Debbie L.

Opinion

THAXTER, J.

Debbie L. and Robert U. appeal from the order terminating their parental relationship with Roderick U. (Welf. & Inst. Code,1 § 366.26). They raise a variety, of procedural claims related to the section 366.26 hearing and the fact that a referee conducted the proceeding without the parents’ stipulation. They also attack the sufficiency of the evidence to support the referee’s adoptability finding because the minor, an African-American, had been placed since birth with Caucasian foster parents who wished to adopt him. We reject all of the parents’ claims of error and affirm.

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