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IN RE SARAH S.

Docket No. B093350.

43 Cal.App.4th 274 (1996)

50 Cal. Rptr.2d 503

In re SARAH S., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. BRENDA S., Defendant and Appellant; EDMUND S., JR., et al., Interveners and Appellants; KEN M. et al., Interveners and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division One.

March 6, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Lori A. Fields, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Vincent W. Davis, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Interveners and Appellants.

De Witt W. Clinton, County Counsel, Joe Ben Hudgens, Principal Deputy County Counsel, Gary P. Gross, Carrie Clarke, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Elwood Lui and Laura A. Matz for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Tisha Harmon for Interveners and Respondents.

OPINION

VOGEL (Miriam A.), J.

We hold in this case that the statutory preference for placement of a dependent child with a relative (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 361.3)1 does not apply to a placement made as part of a permanent plan for adoption. Once the juvenile court determines that reunification efforts have failed, the only statutory preference in...

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