In re A.U. CA2/5
The juvenile court adjudicated then-two-month-old A.U. a dependent child and removed him from the custody of his mother, M.H. (Mother), based in part on her mental and emotional problems that inhibited her ability to regularly care for her very young son. The court fashioned a disposition order providing Mother with reunification services, including a psychological evaluation and individual counseling. At a later progress hearing, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (the Department) informed the court it could not afford to continue funding individual counseling with Mother’s then-current therapist and was referring Mother to another low-cost provider. We consider whether, as Mother contends, the change to low-cost individual therapy establishes the Department failed to provide Mother with reasonable reunification services.
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