In re Zachary B. CA3

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT (San Joaquin) ----

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

SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES C070723 AGENCY, (Super. Ct. No. J04454) Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

SABRINA B.,

Defendant and Appellant.

Mother, Sabrina B., appeals from the juvenile court’s order that denied her request for in-home visitation with minor Zachary B. and maintained existing visitation orders. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 395.)1 We affirm.

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

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FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Mother brought the minor to the San Joaquin County Human Services Agency (the Agency) in November of 2006 because she was unable to take care of him. The minor, who was four years old when these proceedings began, suffers from major psychological problems, including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, which cause him to act out impulsively and aggressively. Counseling and psychotropic medication have had only a limited effect. Since May 2007 the minor has mostly been placed in group homes and has been deemed unadoptable. The minor’s behavior in the group homes has been problematic. For example, in April 2008, the minor “got into a ‘locked’ medicine cabinet at his group home.” The cabinet contained Alavert, Seroquel, Clonidine, Tylenol, Abilify, and Zoloft. The minor convinced another minor that the medications were candy. Both overdosed and were taken to the hospital for treatment. By November 2009, mother had made progress in her reunification plan, both mother and minor were participating in parent-child interactive therapy, and the home where mother was living with her boyfriend, Michael J. was deemed safe and suitable for the minor. The social worker recommended the minor be returned to the custody of mother, with family maintenance services. The juvenile court returned the minor to the custody of mother under a family maintenance plan. In March 2010, the minor was admitted to John Muir Behavioral Health Center on a “section 5150” hold. Upon return to the home, the minor’s behaviors escalated and affected mother’s own mental stability. Mother stated she was not capable of supervising or controlling the minor, even with the intensive counseling services that had been provided. Pursuant to a section 387 petition filed by the Agency, in July 2010 the juvenile court placed the minor in a group home, terminated mother’s reunification services, and adopted a planned permanent living arrangement as the minor’s permanent plan.