In re Z.D. CA3

Filed 3/25/24 In re Z.D. CA3 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 8.1115(b). This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT (Glenn) ----

In re Z.D. et al., Persons Coming Under the Juvenile C098411 Court Law.

GLENN COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN (Super. Ct. Nos. 22JP01052, SERVICES AGENCY, 22JP01053)

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

S.N.,

Defendant and Appellant.

S.N., mother of minors Z.D. and A.D., appeals from the juvenile court’s disposition order removing the minors from mother’s custody and placing them outside

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the home. (Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 300, 395.)1 Mother contends the juvenile court erred in failing to consider alternatives to removal. Disagreeing, we will affirm the orders. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND On November 30, 2022, G.D., the father of minors, requested the assistance of the Glenn County Health and Human Services Agency (Agency) following an argument between mother and father in their home. Father reported that he and mother fought because he believed, based on hearing but not seeing the incident, that mother hit one of the minors. He also reported that he and mother had an argument after mother became upset when father attempted to access money from his Door Dash account. Because there was a peaceful contact order in place following a previous domestic violence incident wherein father claimed mother beat him and “broke a belt buckle” on his back, father left the home with the children after an altercation and reported it to the Agency. Father also indicated that he had struggled with mental health and substance abuse issues and wanted to end his relationship with mother. Mother subsequently called the Agency and was advised that father and the minors were there. She claimed that father had been mixing prescribed medications with alcohol, and she was concerned he was attempting to access funds to buy drugs or alcohol. She denied any physical discipline of the minors. That evening, when the parents met with Agency social workers for a safety planning meeting, each parent repeated their previous allegations and denied the allegations against them. At the end of the meeting, the family agreed to a cooling-off period; the parents would both stay away from each other, and both would benefit from services such as counseling, alcohol treatment, and coparenting. The parents also agreed to not engage in any verbal or physical altercations in front of the minors. The Agency provided father with a hotel room in which to stay, and the minors remained with him.