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In re Z.G. — Juvenile Court Cannot Terminate Parental Rights Based Solely on Adoptability, and Mother’s Lawyer Was Ineffective for Failing to Demand Required Reunification Services

The California Supreme Court holds that juvenile courts cannot terminate a parent’s rights based solely on a finding that the children are likely to be adopted, and that the mother’s trial counsel here was constitutionally ineffective for failing to assert her statutory right to reunific