In re Hailey G. CA2/8

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION EIGHT

In re HAILEY G., a Person B315529 Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. LOS ANGELES COUNTY Los Angeles County DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN Super. Ct. No. 20CCJP02062A AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

N.M.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Etan Z. Lorant, Juvenile Court Referee. Affirmed. Liana Serobian, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Dawyn R. Harrison, Interim County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, and Brian Mahler, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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Mother N.M. appeals the juvenile court’s exit order pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 362.4 allowing her only monitored visits with her daughter, Hailey G. The order reflects no abuse of the juvenile court’s discretion, so we affirm. BACKGROUND This dependency proceeding began in 2020, when Hailey was 10 years old. At the time of the petition, a 2016 family law order governed Hailey’s parents’ custody and visitation rights. The parents shared joint legal custody, father had primary physical custody, and mother had unmonitored visitation on alternating weekends and two nights per week. The family came to the attention of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (Department) based on reports of mistreatment by mother and certain female maternal relatives during Hailey’s unmonitored visits with mother. These included verbal abuse, physical abuse, and inappropriate touching of Hailey’s vagina. Mother denied some of these reports but acknowledged physically disciplining Hailey and touching her vagina for hygienic purposes while showering together. Hailey reported that being with mother made her mad and sad, and caused her to consider self-harm and suicide. Based on the alleged abuse and at the Department’s request, the juvenile court ordered Hailey removed from mother. It then ordered Hailey released to father and detained from mother while allowing mother monitored visits. In its ensuing investigation, the Department gathered further information corroborating the abuse alleged. Hailey underwent a forensic interview in which she gave statements consistent with prior reports about female maternal relatives touching her vagina. However, she disclaimed earlier statements about suicidal ideations, explaining she had made these in order to get the