Filed 1/12/21 In re O.R. CA2/4

NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION FOUR

In re O.R. et al .,
Person s Coming Under the Juvenile Co urt Law. B30 4152 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. 1 8 CCJP0 0 8 45A

- B )

LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,
Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

J.R.

- P. et al ., Defendant s and Appellant s

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APPEAL from a judgm ent of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Craig S. Barnes, Judge. Dismissed

. Andre F .F . Toscano, under a ppointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant J.R.

- P. Neale B. Gold, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for
Defendant an d Appellant M.R

. No a ppearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.2

Defendants M.R

. and J.R.

- P. (respectively, mother and father; collectively, parents) appeal from an order of the juvenile court terminating their parental rights , under Welfare and Institutions Code
section 366.26 , with regard to their son s , O.R. and M.R. After examination of the record, appellants’ appointed counsel filed opening brief s under In re Phoenix H . (2009) 47 Cal.4th 835 ( Phoenix H .) , stating th ey found no arguable issues and asking t his court to exercise
its discretion to allow their clients to file his or her own brief. (See id

. at p p

. 844

– 845 [ if appointed counsel files a brief raising no issues on behalf of an indigent parent in a dependency action, the appellate court
has discret ion to permit the parent to personally file a brief].) C ounsel
advised their respective clients they had 30 days within which they could personally submit any contentions he or she felt this c ourt should
consider , and further t hat the c ourt had discretion to grant or deny permission to file the brief(s) if we found the existence of an arguable
issue , but the appeal would be dismissed in the absence of arguable
issues

. Father submitted a letter in which he strove to explain his
troubled personal , mental h ealth and marital history , and why those circumstances drove his failure or inability to comply with court orders or act appropriately during the course of this depende n cy action

. Mother also submitted a letter . She attempted to explain that,
notwithstan ding her failure to comply with the reunification plan and
the likelihood of her sons’ adoption , “new evidence” established she had shifted her focus from herself to her children . She explained that her3

participation in a rehabilitation program had facili tated her “transformation” since parental rights were terminat ed on January 20,
2020 , and that she i s now “the best version of [herself] that [she could] be” and “the person best suited to fill the needs of her children .” Each parent asked this c ourt to g rant him or her another opportunity to reunify with the children. An appealed from judgment is presumed correct. ( Denham v. Superior Court (1970) 2 Cal.3d 557, 564.) Appellant bears the burden to raise claims of reversible error or an other defect. If he or she fails to do so, the appeal may be dismissed. ( In re Sade C. (1996) 13 Cal.4th 952, 994.) Here, each parent, in essence, asks this court to reweigh and resolve conflicts in the evidence, and reject the juvenile court ’ s conclusions

. We are not at liberty to do so. W e have reviewed each parent’s letter brief and conclude that neither brief presents good cause
that a ny legally cognizable error in the juvenile court ’s orders exists

. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed. ( Phoenix H., supra, 47 Ca l.4th at pp. 843, 846; In re Sade C.
, at p. 994.)
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//4 DISPOSITION The appeal is dismissed. NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS

WILLHITE, J. We concur:

MANELLA , P. J.

CURREY, J.