Alicia V. v. Superior Court CA4/3
The grandmother of infant A.E. took her to a hospital emergency room because she appeared to be having a seizure. X-rays revealed bleeding in her brain requiring emergency surgery, as well as multiple bone fractures in various stages of healing.
A.E.’s father, Dwayne E., eventually pled guilty to felony child abuse. He was sentenced to four years in prison. Her mother, Alicia V., either refused to believe that Dwayne had injured A.E. at all or attributed the injuries to accidents. A.E. was removed from Alicia’s care, and custody was vested in Orange County Social Services Agency (SSA).
Over the next two years, SSA provided Alicia, who is deaf, with multiple services. The case workers and service providers communicated with her through American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters.
Alicia seemed to be adept at hewing to the party line, solemnly promising never to have any contact with Dwayne again and agreeing that he was responsible for nearly killing A.E.
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