San Diego County Department of Social Services v. Gavin O.

Opinion

MOSK, J.

—Jasmon O. is now seven and a half years old. She has resided with her foster parents, who wish to adopt her, since she was an infant of six months. Her natural father asserts that it is in Jasmon’s best interests not to terminate his parental rights but to transfer Jasmon’s custody to him.

A court hearing an action to terminate parental rights under former Civil Code section 2321 must consider, when a child has been in an out-of-home placement supervised by the juvenile court for a year, whether “return of the child to the child’s parent or parents would be detrimental to the…