In re T.T. CA3

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT (Sacramento)

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

SACRAMENTO COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF C072972 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, (Super. Ct. No. JD231003) Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

C.T.,

Defendant and Appellant.

Appellant C.T., the mother of the minor T.T., appeals from the juvenile court’s orders terminating her parental rights. (Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 366.26, 395.)1 She contends there is insufficient evidence of the minor’s adoptability. We affirm.

1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.

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BACKGROUND In September 2010, the minor (born April 2008) lived with mother, his father T.T., and his five half siblings. Mother told the police the eldest child, 14-year-old D.P., was out of control and she wanted the police to take him away. The children were taken into protective custody after mother admitted beating them with an electrical cord and officers saw old and new marks on the children consistent with them being whipped by an electrical cord. Several of the children told social workers that mother and minor’s father beat the children with belts, a broom, and extension cords. Mother also bit D.P. on the shoulder. Mother said she returned home and found it was a mess, so she asked D.P. to clean up. When D.P. “got in [her] face,” she hit him with an extension cord and bit him so he would get off of her. Mother weighed 260 pounds and D.P. weighed about 140 pounds. Mother’s extensive child welfare history included 20 prior child welfare referrals, and she had her reunification services terminated for several children in a prior dependency proceeding. In September 2010, the Sacramento County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) filed a dependency petition alleging jurisdiction based on serious physical harm and failure to protect. (§ 300, subds. (a), (b).) The minors were detained later that month. The minor and his half sister C.A. (born September 2005) were placed in a residential home in October 2010. The minor hit and bit other children at his initial placement; C.A. initially pulled hair and bit other children at the placement, but her behavior gradually improved. DHHS filed an amended petition in January 2011, providing additional details of the physical abuse. The amended petition was sustained and reunification services were denied (§ 361.5, subd. (b)(6), (10), & (13)) in March 2011.