Opinion
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED
APPEAL from orders of the Superior Court of Merced County. Super. Ct. No. JP000108 Harry L. Jacobs, Commissioner.
Lori A. Fields, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
James N. Fincher, County Counsel, and James B. Tarhalla, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
OPINION
Before Levy, Acting P.J., Poochigian, J., and Detjen, J.
K.R. (father) appeals from an order terminating his parental rights (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.26) to his two young children. Father joins in arguments made by the children’s mother in her appeal, In re M.R. et al. (our case No. F060204). Mother contended the court abused its discretion by denying an 11th hour modification petition (§ 388), she brought in which she sought reunification services. Mother also argued that the juvenile court prematurely terminated her rights and erroneously declined to find that termination would be detrimental to the children based on her relationship with them (§ 366.26, subd. (c)(1)(B)(i)).
All statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code unless otherwise indicated.
On review of the appellate record, we disagreed with each of mother’s claims and affirmed the juvenile court’s orders. Because the father in his appeal raises no independent claim of error, we conclude the court properly terminated his parental rights as well.
DISPOSITION
The order terminating parental rights is affirmed.