In re Sarahi R. CA2/6

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SIX

In re SARAHI R., a Person Coming Under 2d Juv. No. B264527 the Juvenile Court Law. (Super. Ct. No. J070388) (Ventura County)

VENTURA COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY,

Petitioner and Respondent,

v.

J.J.,

Appellant.

J.J. appeals jurisdiction and disposition orders adjudicating her daughter, Sarahi R., a dependent of the juvenile court (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 300, subds. (b) & (j))1 and removing Sarahi from her custody (§ 361, subd. (c)(1)). The trial court found that appellant's mental illness posed a substantial risk of harm to Sarahi. We affirm. Facts and Procedural History Appellant suffers from Schizoaffective Disorder and Bipolar Disorder, and was treated at a psychiatric hospital shortly before Sarahi was born. (§ 5150.) Sarahi is appellant's seventh child. None of Sarahi's half-siblings live with appellant. The fifth

1 All statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code unless otherwise stated. 1

youngest sibling, Josiah M., was removed after appellant stopped taking her prescribed medication. Parental rights were terminated in February 2006. The sixth youngest sibling, Baby Boy J., was removed based on appellant's unresolved mental health issues and failure to follow the case plan with Josiah. The trial court bypassed services and terminated parental rights in June 2006. After appellant became pregnant with Sarahi in 2014, appellant stopped taking her antipsychotic medication (Haldol) and anticonvulsant medicine (valproic acid). Without the medication, appellant was a danger to herself or others and was committed to a psychiatric hospital. (§ 5150, subd. (a).) Six days after Sarahi was born, Ventura County Human Services Agency (HSA) received a referral that appellant was acting delusional and paranoid. Sarahi's presumed and biological father, Joseph R., reported that appellant was not taking her medication and feared that appellant would burn the house down.2 Concerned about Sarahi's safety, father quit his job to care for Sarahi full time. In March 2016, HSA received a referral that father put his hand over appellant's mouth to "shut her up" in a medical office. There were escalating domestic issues in which father continually placed the blame on appellant and her mental health issues. On March 10, 2015, HSA filed a dependency petition for failure to protect (§ 300, subd. (b)) and sibling abuse (§ 300, subd. (j)). The petition alleged that appellant's mental health issues exposed Sarahi to a substantial risk of physical or emotional harm and that father had a history of substance abuse problems. It was alleged that Sarahi's half siblings, Josiah and Baby Boy J., were neglected due to appellant's mental health "issues" and that Sarahi was at risk of similar neglect. (§ 300, subd. (j).)