The Fifth Appellate District affirmed an order. In the published portion of its opinion, the court held that where a social worker’s opinion that a child was likely to be adopted was based in part on a prospective adoptive parent’s willingness to adopt, a dependency court was not required to consider evidence on whether that prospective adoptive parent was eligible to adopt before terminating parental rights.
M.R. had a substance abuse problem that resulted in her inability to provide adequate and appropriate care for G. and L., two of her children, respectively eight and six years old, who had been in and out of foster care for several years. The two children were adjudged dependents of the court. The dependency court placed the children in long-term foster care with their great-aunt, where M.R. maintained regular visitation with them to their benefit.
