Does submitting on a social worker's recommendation to the juvenile court waive a parent's right to challenge a juvenile court decision accepting the recommendation?

While submitting on a social worker's recommendation may waive a parent's right to challenge a juvenile court decision accepting the recommendation (In re N.S. (2002) 97 Cal.App.4th 167, 170), in general "[s]ubmission on a tentative ruling is neutral; it conveys neither agreement nor disagreement with the analysis." (Mundy v. Lenc (2012) 203 Cal.App.4th 1401, 1406.) Moreover, "[a]lthough a parent who submits on a particular report or record acquiesces to the evidence, the parent preserves the right to challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support a particular legal conclusion." (In re N.S., at p. 170.) Thus, we consider the merits of mother's challenge to the court's disposition orders.

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B. Substantial Evidence Supported the Dispositional Order of Removal and Custody and Visitation Orders Upon Termination of Jurisdiction