In re G.T. CA2/6

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SIX

In re G.T., a Person Coming 2d Juv. No. B304295 Under the Juvenile Court Law. (Super. Ct. No. J071989) (Ventura County)

VENTURA COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

S.T,

Defendant and Appellant.

S.T. (Mother) appeals from the juvenile court’s order restraining her from contact with a social worker (Social Worker) from the Ventura County Human Services Agency (the Agency). (Welf. & Inst. Code,1 § 213.5.) We affirm.

1 Further unspecified statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY In January 2019, the Agency filed a juvenile petition after Mother tested positive for marijuana and methamphetamine at the birth of her son, G.T. The petition alleged Mother failed to protect G.T.2 The juvenile court sustained the petition. It declared G.T. a dependent of the court and ordered him to remain in foster care. The court ordered family reunification services for Mother. In August, the Agency filed a request for a restraining order against Mother. It alleged Mother’s cousin told Social Worker that Mother stated “should she ‘lose’ [G.T.] in the upcoming dependency hearing . . . that she was going to ‘kill the social worker . . . and herself’ at the courthouse after the hearing.” The cousin said “this is not an idle threat and that [Mother had] been exhibiting increasingly concerning behaviors and mental health issues.” The cousin warned Social Worker to “be aware of her surroundings at all times.” Social Worker said she recently assisted G.T.’s foster parents with filing a police report against Mother, who had “threatened” the foster parents. Mother told the foster parents that G.T.’s “safety was at risk and that [G.T.] would be ‘stolen,’ and provided information that the [foster parents] had recently been followed to a medical appointment for [G.T.] and observed from afar.” The juvenile court granted a temporary restraining order and set a hearing date for the permanent restraining order. In the meantime, the Agency filed a sixth-month status report.