In re Mia B. CA2/4

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION FOUR

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

LOS ANGELES COUNTY B265923 DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND (Los Angeles County FAMILY SERVICES, Super. Ct. No. CK04936)

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

MARIA F.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Annabelle G. Cortez, Judge. Affirmed. Judy Weissberg-Ortiz, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Mary Wickham, County Counsel, R. Keith Davis, Acting Assistant County Counsel and David Michael Miller, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Appellant Maria F. (Mother), mother of Mia B., age eight, appeals the juvenile court’s dispositional order removing Mia from her custody. We affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGOUND Mother and Mia’s father, Luis B. (Father) are mentally disabled. The family has a lengthy history with the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). In a case involving physical abuse of Mia’s older half-sibling, Ashley C., Mother received reunification services between 1993 and 1995, and voluntary family maintenance services from 1995 to 1998.1 Between 2002 and 2003, DCFS again provided Mother family maintenance services. In May 2009, a petition was sustained on behalf of Mia, her older brother Juan B., and Ashley.2 In 2010, both Mother and Father received family maintenance services.3 In 2014, DCFS substantiated allegations of general neglect with respect to Mia, and began providing family maintenance services to the parents and wraparound services to Mia. The family was still receiving the above described services when on February 16, 2015, Father was arrested for domestic violence/making criminal threats. After interviewing Mother and Mia, the caseworker learned the following: Father had picked up a knife, saying to Mia: “I[’]m going to kill your mom” or “I’m going to kill you and your mom.” Mia saw Father holding a knife and started