CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Dependency Petitions
......Selection & Implement. Hrg.
.........Termination of Parental Rights
............Reinstatement Not Permitted
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As a matter of law, mother cannot be designated "presumed mother" where her parental rights over C terminated in former dependency action.

As W&IC 366.26 order terminating parental rights must come at end of hearing, court cannot both make that order ••and•• trail hearing to another day; appeal dismissed and remanded to complete "trailed" hearing.

Juv. court had no jurisdiction to reinstate parental rights and declare stepfather presumed father, though stepfather adoption anticipated and M thus left a "legal orphan"; action remains with Legislature.