Angelica W. v. Superior Court
Filed 8/21/06 Angelica W. v. Superior Court CA5
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
| ANGELICA W., Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF MADERA COUNTY, Respondent, MADERA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES/CHILD WELFARE SERVICES, Real Party In Interest. |
F050503
(Super. Ct. No. BJP015609)
O P I N I O N |
THE COURT*
ORIGINAL PROCEEDINGS; petition for extraordinary writ review. Nancy C. Staggs, Temporary Judge. (Pursuant to Cal. Const., art. VI, § 21.)
Randall Thomas Shrout, for Petitioner.
No appearance for Respondent.
David A. Prentice, County Counsel, and Miranda Neal, Deputy County Counsel, for Real Party In Interest.
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Petitioner seeks an extraordinary writ (Cal. Rules of Court, rules 38-38.1) to vacate the orders of the juvenile court issued at a contested 12-month status review hearing terminating reunification services and setting a Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26 hearing[1] as to her daughter O. We will deny the petition.
STATEMENT OF THE CASE AND FACTS
Petitioner is a 24-year-old mother of four children, including O., the subject of this writ petition. The other three children, who range in age from two to five years, live with their maternal grandmother. Significant to this case is petitioner's long struggle with severe psychological problems, which began when she was 15 years old and manifest in auditory and visual hallucinations, self-mutilation and suicidal ideation. Early on, she was diagnosed with and prescribed medication for major depression and psychosis. However, she has a poor history of medication compliance and has been a psychiatric inpatient numerous times. She also has a history of methamphetamine use.
The instant dependency proceedings were initiated in February 2005 when the Madera County Department of Social Services/Child Welfare Services (department) removed then 13-month-old O. from petitioner's custody. At the time, petitioner and O. were living in a small recreational vehicle with two adult males. The vehicle was cluttered, messy and there was no electricity or refrigerator. O. was physically neglected and severely developmentally delayed. Social workers and the public health nurse followed the family situation several months before taking O. into protective custody. Removal became necessary when petitioner gave O. to Richard, petitioner's estranged husband and O.'s father, with instructions to â€
