D.M. v. Superior Court of Orange County

D.M. (father) and L.M. (mother) (collectively, petitioners or parents) seek writ relief from the order of the juvenile court sustaining dependency jurisdiction over their now 15-year-old adopted daughter, C.M. (See Welf. & Inst. Code, 300, subds. (b), (g); all further undesignated statutory references are to this code.) Parents do not wish to reunify with C.M.; rather, the gist of their position is that C.M. should be a ward of the court instead of a dependent so they can be spared the alleged stigma of dependency proceedings. Counsel for the minor opposes the writ petition. For the reasons we explain below, petitioners challenges are without merit, and we therefore affirm the order sustaining dependency jurisdiction over C.M.