In re Catalina C. CA5

Filed 7/11/14 In re Catalina C. CA5

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

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

STANISLAUS COUNTY COMMUNITY F068475 SERVICES AGENCY, (Super. Ct. No. 516717) Plaintiff and Respondent, v. OPINION V.C., Defendant and Appellant.

THE COURT* APPEAL from orders of the Superior Court of Stanislaus County. Ann Q. Ameral, Judge. Pamela Rae Tripp, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. John P. Doering, County Counsel, and Carrie M. Stephens, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. -ooOoo-

* Before Cornell, Acting P.J., Gomes, J., and Peña, J.

V.C. (mother) appeals from the juvenile court’s dispositional order. She challenges the sufficiency of the evidence upon which the juvenile court ordered her eight-year-old daughter, Catalina, removed from her physical custody at the dispositional hearing. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 361.)1 Mother contends the dispositional order must be reversed because there was no evidence Catalina was at risk in her care and there were less restrictive alternatives to removal. We affirm. PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL SUMMARY On June 26, 2013, at approximately 11:30 p.m., then seven-year-old Catalina was watching television in the home of her maternal grandmother. Catalina’s grandmother and maternal aunt were asleep. Catalina tried to light candles with a childproof lighter and caught her dress on fire. She was transported to a hospital in Sacramento where she was treated for third degree burns over 50 percent of her torso. She had burns on her chest, stomach, upper and lower back, the lower part of both of her arms, the front and back of her legs and the right side of her forehead. Mother was incarcerated at the Public Safety Center, charged with armed robbery, conspiracy and committing a crime while on bail. At the time of this incident, mother was receiving family maintenance services through the Stanislaus County Community Services Agency (agency). The agency opened her case in October 2012 after mother’s former partner bit mother’s ear, choked her and beat her up. She also picked Catalina up and threw her on top of mother. Before that, the agency received reports over the years beginning in 2008 that mother hit Catalina. In 2009, mother disclosed to a mandated reporter that she was overwhelmed and having suicidal and homicidal thoughts. She said she was sick and tired of dealing with then three-year-old Catalina. A friend of mother’s reported that mother hit Catalina