In re A.O. CA5

Filed 4/26/21 In re A.O. CA5

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

In re A.O., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law.

STANISLAUS COUNTY COMMUNITY F081870 SERVICES AGENCY, (Super. Ct. No. JVDP-20-000042) Plaintiff and Respondent,

v. OPINION CRYSTAL D.,

Defendant and Appellant.

THE COURT* APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Stanislaus County. Gloria F. Rhynes, Judge. (Retired Judge of the Alameda Sup. Ct. assigned by the Chief Justice pursuant to article VI, § 6 of the Cal. Const.) Siena Kautz, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Thomas E. Boze, County Counsel, and Sophia Ahmad, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. -ooOoo-

* Before Smith, Acting P.J., Meehan, J. and De Santos, J.

In this juvenile dependency case, Crystal D., mother of A.O.,1 appeals the juvenile court’s order made at the six-month status review hearing, asserting the court’s finding that reasonable services were provided to her was not supported by sufficient evidence (Welf. & Inst. Code,2 § 366.21, subd. (e)(8)). Finding no error, we affirm. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND On February 24, 2020, the Stanislaus County Community Services Agency (agency) filed a juvenile dependency petition on behalf of then 12-year-old A.O. alleging he came within the juvenile court’s jurisdiction under section 300, subdivisions (b)(1) (failure to protect) because of acts by mother and A.O.’s father, E.O.,3 (c) (serious emotional abuse) because of acts by mother, and (d) (sexual abuse) because of acts by mother. At the time the petition was filed, A.O. was staying with a friend because father, who had been A.O.’s primary caregiver, was homeless and abusing substances. Mother was a noncustodial parent who had not had contact with A.O. in approximately four years because there was a restraining order in place protecting A.O. from mother. The jurisdictional allegations pertaining to mother were based on several previous reports of physical and sexual abuse of A.O. and A.O.’s siblings predating the restraining order. On February 28, 2020, the social worker attempted to contact mother’s county of residence, Butte County, to inquire about services to which mother could be referred. On March 3, 2020, the social worker obtained information for Counseling Solutions, a facility that provided parenting education and counseling services and for Dawn Horwitz- Person, a clinician who provided sex offender counseling. Later that day, the social