In re Samantha H.
Annotate this CaseThe Court of Appeal affirmed the juvenile court's order selecting adoption as the permanent plan for mother's daughter. The court held that mother's challenge to the juvenile court's order of adoption is waived; the trial court was under no obligation sua sponte to inquire whether M.W. (the mother of Samantha's godmother) had been advised of and rejected the option of guardianship in favor of adoption; and where, as here, all statutory requirements to terminate parental rights have been met, the non-relative prospective adoptive parent has been clear and consistent in her willingness and desire to adopt the child, and the court has found the adoptive parent suitable and the child thriving in the adoptive parent's care and custody, the court saw no reason whatsoever to derail this adoption.
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