Merri O. v. Superior Court
Filed 3/30/06 Merri O. v. Superior Court CA5
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
MERRI O., Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF MERCED COUNTY, Respondent; MERCED COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY, Real Party in Interest. |
F049740
(Super. Ct. No. 27307)
O P I N I O N |
THE COURT*
ORIGINAL PROCEEDINGS; petition for extraordinary writ review. Frank Dougherty, Judge.
Merri O., in pro per., for Petitioner.
No appearance for Respondent.
Ruben E. Castillo, County Counsel and James B. Tarhalla, Deputy County Counsel, for Real Party in Interest.
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*Before Vartabedian, A.P.J., Levy, J., and Cornell, J.
Petitioner in pro. per. seeks an extraordinary writ (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 38) to vacate the orders of the juvenile court denying her reunification and setting a Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26 hearing[1] as to her son M. We will grant the petition.
STATEMENT OF THE CASE AND FACTS
On June 15, 2005, a caseworker from the Merced County Human Services Agency (agency) accompanied by an officer from the Los Banos Police Department conducted a welfare check at the home of petitioner's boyfriend, Mario, where petitioner lived with her then eight-month-old son M. The officer found a plywood box approximately six feet tall and three feet wide against a wall where Mario was growing marijuana. Inside the â€