Los Angeles County Department of Children & Family Services v. Kimberly G.

*617Opinion

ZELON, J.

Mother Kimberly G. and father K.P.1 appeal the termination of their parental rights over their son K.P., contending that the juvenile court erred in failing to apply the parent-child relationship exception to the statutory preference for adoption. We find that substantial evidence supported the juvenile court’s findings and that the court did not abuse its discretion in declining to apply the exception, and we affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

K.P. was detained shortly after his November 2008 birth when drugs and firearms were found at the home where he lived. The Los…