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

*1291Opinion

KENNARD, J.

At a permanent plan hearing in a juvenile dependency matter (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.26),1 the court appointed legal guardians for the minor, S.B., and, without objection from the mother, ordered that visitation between the two be determined by the legal guardians. We address two issues: (1) whether, by not objecting to the visitation order, the mother forfeited her right to challenge that order on appeal; and (2) whether the court erred in having the legal guardians determine the question of visitation.

We hold that the mother’s failure to challenge the visitation order in…