In re J.T.
On August 19, 2015, the Santa Cruz County Human Services Department (the Department) filed a petition under section 300, subdivisions (b) [failure to protect] and (g) [no provision for support], alleging that J.T., then 17 years old, came within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court.
The petition alleged that the parents (who lived separately in Santa Cruz County) had placed J.T. in a Sacramento group home three years earlier and had been unwilling to participate in services that would facilitate J.T.’s return to their homes. J.T. had “identified her parents’ lack of involvement in her life as a trigger for her emotional struggles,” and the parents’ failure to provide adequate emotional support placed J.T. at substantial risk of harm and neglect. The parents were unwilling to pick J.T. up from a psychiatric hospital, were unable to make other arrangements for J.T.’s care, and did not want her returned to their homes.
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