In re Manuel B.
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF
SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION SEVEN
In re MANUEL B., a Minor. ELIZABETH B., Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF Respondent. LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN Real Parties in Interest. | B194706 (Super. |
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING; petition for writ of mandate. Joan Carney, Temporary Judge. (Pursuant to
Barbara Cohen for Petitioner.
No appearance for Respondent.
Raymond G. Fortner, Jr., County Counsel, Larry Cory, Assistant County Counsel, Judith A. Luby, Senior Deputy County Counsel for Real Party in Interest Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services.
Children's Law Center of Los Angeles and David Estep for Real Party in Interest Manuel B.
Petitioner Elizabeth B. seeks extraordinary writ relief (Welf. and Inst. Code, § 366.26, subd. (l);[1] Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.452) from the juvenile court's order, made at the conclusion of the statutory limit for reunification (§ 366.22), setting a hearing pursuant to section 366.26 to consider selection and implementation of a permanent plan for her eight-year-old son Manuel B. Elizabeth B.'s petition is opposed by the Department of Children and Family Services (Department) and also by Manuel, who has filed a joinder in the Department's response. We deny the petition.
FACTUAL
Elizabeth B.'s involvement with the Department began in 1997, when her five-year-old son Alexandro was detained after she left him alone in a parking lot while she sold roses in a restaurant. Several allegations of abuse and neglect were investigated in 1999 and 2000, and in 2001 Alexandro and three-year-old Manuel were made court dependents for Elizabeth B.'s physical abuse and neglect and her diagnosis of major recurrent depression and anxiety disorder.[2] Elizabeth B. received over 18 months of reunification services and reunified with Manuel but not Alexandro, who remained in foster care.
On
In its report for the jurisdiction and disposition hearing, the Department indicated Elizabeth B. refused to discuss any of the allegations in the dependency petition because they were â€