In re A.K. CA1/2

Filed 11/25/24 In re A.K. CA1/2 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 8.1115(b). This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION TWO

In re A.K., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law.

SAN FRANCISCO HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, Plaintiff and Respondent, A170331 v. (San Francisco County K.K., Super. Ct. No. JD233341) Defendant and Appellant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION At a contested disposition hearing held on April 26, 2024, the juvenile court bypassed K.K. (mother) for reunification services as to her son, A.K., due to her failure to reunify with A.K.’s older half-sister. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 361.5, subd. (b)(10)(A).)1 Mother appeals. We will affirm the order.

Undesignated statutory references are to the Welfare and 1

Institutions Code. We resolve this case by memorandum opinion. (Cal. Stds. of Jud. Admin., § 8.1.) We do not recite the factual and procedural background because our opinion is unpublished and the parties know, or should know, “the facts of the case and its procedural history.” (People v. Garcia (2002) 97 Cal.App.4th 847, 851 [unpublished opinion merely

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Mother gave birth to A.K.’s half-sister in July 2017, and both mother and the newborn tested positive for methamphetamine and marijuana at the time. The child was removed from mother’s custody and declared a dependent of Humboldt County based on findings she was at risk due to mother’s substance abuse and untreated mental health issues. Mother was offered reunification services but had no contact with the social services agency. In March 2018, her reunification services were terminated, the case was closed and sole custody was awarded to the baby’s father. In November 2023, about six and a half years after mother initially lost physical custody of her daughter, A.K. came to the attention of the San Francisco Health and Human Services Agency (the Agency), also as a newborn, due to an emergency referral from the hospital that mother and A.K.’s father were struggling with mental health and substance abuse issues. Mother was suspected of struggling with possible bipolar disorder, psychosis and methamphetamine use disorder. She had been admitted to the hospital for preeclampsia, but hospital staff observed her having auditory hallucinations and talking to herself and knew she had been hospitalized about five months earlier (on May 2, 2023) for swinging a hammer; and she disclosed to hospital staff that she had received limited prenatal care from a street outreach team and that both she and A.K.’s father had been using methamphetamines during her pregnancy. When the emergency social worker met with the parents at the hospital, they reported they were homeless, living together in a tent in San Francisco. Mother told the social worker she had started smoking marijuana at age 16 and methamphetamines shortly after meeting father.