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Date Created: 2014-10-15 19:02:33.428973+00
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Filed 10/15/14 In re R.F. CA2/6
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                        IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                                              SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                                             DIVISION SIX

In re R.F., a Person Coming Under the                                         2d Juv. No. B256139
Juvenile Court Law.                                                         (Super. Ct. No. J069076)
                                                                               (Ventura County)

VENTURA COUNTY HUMAN
SERVICES AGENCY,

     Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

N.S.,

     Defendant and Appellant.

                   N.S. appeals the order terminating her parental rights to her minor daughter
R.F. and choosing adoption as the child's permanent plan (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.26
(hereafter section 366.26)). We appointed counsel to represent her on appeal.
                   On August 8, 2014, counsel filed a brief in which no arguable issues were
raised. We advised appellant that she had 30 days to submit any contentions she wished
us to consider, and that the appeal would be dismissed in the absence of any arguable
issues. (In re Phoenix H. (2009) 47 Cal.4th 835, 844-846; In re Sade C. (1996) 13
Cal.4th 952, 994.)
              In a supplemental letter brief, appellant lodges numerous complaints
regarding the decision to terminate reunification services and set the matter for a section
366.26 hearing. Appellant forfeited her right to appellate review of these issues. When
the court issued its decision on May 30, 2013, appellant was advised that her right to
appellate review of the decision would not be preserved unless she filed a petition for
extraordinary writ relief. Appellant failed to file such a petition. In any event, the record
does not support appellant's claims that she was treated unfairly or "trick[ed]" into giving
up her parental rights. To the extent appellant complains that the maternal grandmother's
rights were somehow violated, she lacks standing to raise those claims. Her remaining
claims are either premised on unsubstantiated facts or irrelevant to the order from which
she appeals. Appellant's evidence purporting to demonstrate that she attended parenting
classes that were not an approved part of her case plan is similarly unavailing.
              By the time the section 366.26 hearing was set, the focus of the proceedings
had shifted from appellant's interest in reunification to the child's interest in stability and
permanency. (In re Dakota H. (2005) 132 Cal.App.4th 212, 223.) Our review of the
record discloses that the juvenile court's findings of fact are supported by substantial
evidence and that it properly exercised its discretion in terminating appellant's parental
rights and selecting adoption as the permanent plan for the child. (In re Bailey J. (2010)
189 Cal.App.4th 1308, 1316-1317.)
              The judgment (section 366.26 order terminating parental rights) is affirmed.
              NOT TO BE PUBLISHED.

                                            PERREN, J.
We concur:

              GILBERT, P. J.

              YEGAN, J.

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                                Bruce A. Young, Judge

                           Superior Court County of Ventura

                         ______________________________

              Jesse McGowan, under appointment by the Court of Appeal; N.S., in pro.
per., for Appellant.
              No appearance for Respondent.

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