In re Cicely L

In In re Cicely L. (1994) 28 Cal.App.4th 1697, the Court held that orders finding that reasonable reunification services had been provided and terminating those services were appealable. Because the father had failed to appeal from those orders they were not reviewable in a subsequent appeal from a order terminating parental rights. Specifically, the Court said: "Father was represented by counsel at the six-month review hearing, the twelve-month review hearing, and all other relevant hearings in the juvenile court. His time to appeal from these orders relating to reunification services has passed, and they have long since become final. 'If an order is appealable . . . and no timely appeal is taken therefrom, the issues determined by the order are res judicata.' 'An appeal from the most recent order entered in a dependency matter may not challenge prior orders, for which the statutory time for filing an appeal has passed.' Accordingly, it is too late for father to challenge the reasonableness, adequacy or sufficiency of the reunification services. " ( Id. at pp. 1705-1706.)