Linda L. v. Sup. Ct.
Filed 6/28/06 Linda L. v. Sup. Ct. CA4/3
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION THREE
| LINDA L., Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE COUNTY, Respondent; ORANGE COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY et al., Real Parties in Interest. | G036890 (Super. Ct. No. J435261) O P I N I O N |
Original proceedings; petition for a writ of mandate to challenge an order of the Superior Court of Orange County, Dennis J. Keough, Temporary Judge. (Pursuant to Cal. Const., art. VI, § 21.) Petition denied.
Deborah A. Kwast, Public Defender, Frank Ospino, Assistant Public Defender and Paul T. DeQuattro, Deputy Public Defender for Petitioner.
No appearance for Respondent.
Benjamin P. de Mayo, County Counsel, Dana J. Stits and Aurelio Torre, Deputy County Counsel for Real Party in Interest Orange County Social Services Agency.
Law Office of Harold LaFlamme and Jess Ann Hite for the Minor.
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The mother Linda L. argues the juvenile court erred in conducting a combined six-month and twelve-month review hearing, in finding she had been provided reasonable services and in applying the wrong standard to determine the reasonableness of services. The mother's petition is denied.
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FACTS
On January 12, 2005, the juvenile court found it of immediate and urgent necessity that seven-year-old L. L. be detained under the protective custody of the Orange County Social Services Agency. The mother is mentally ill and has a history of substance abuse. At the time of the minor's detention, the mother was hospitalized and the father was incarcerated.
On January 1, 2005, a Huntington Beach Police Department officer and a social worker found the minor playing outside her home without any shoes at 9:00 p.m. when the temperature was 46 degrees. Officers had responded to the home approximately 40 times for various disturbances. On January 7, 2005, it was determined the minor refused to remain in her home because of ongoing fear of being harmed while in her mother's care. During the drive to the Orangewood Children's Home that day, the minor revealed she had previously attempted suicide when she attempted to stab herself in her chest with a knife.
When the minor was previously detained in 1997 due to the mother's mental illness and drug abuse, SSA provided the mother with over two years of reunification services. Services included two drug treatment programs, regular counseling and psychiatric treatment. The minor and the mother were reunified and juvenile proceedings were terminated in 2000.
When the mother was interviewed at the time of the instant detention, her speech was rapid and she appeared to be incoherent. She said she had stopped taking her medications in September 2004.
A hearing for both the six-month and twelve-month reviews was conducted from March 2, 2006 through March 20, 2006. On March 20, 2006, the court found reasonable services had been provided or offered to the mother and ordered reunification services terminated. A hearing under Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26 is scheduled for July 3, 2006.
Eileen Zickefoose, the social worker who prepared many of SSA's reports was questioned at length during the hearing. At the time Zickefoose was assigned to the case, the mother was already seeing therapist Kelly Martinez through the Health Care Agency. Zickefoose and Martinez had a couple of conversations about the mother, They discussed â€
