In re S.L. CA5
In January 2020, law enforcement took then 11-year-old S.L. and his 14-year-old brother, L.L. (the boys), into protective custody and arrested mother for child endangerment after investigating allegations that she used excessive physical force in disciplining them. L.L. disclosed multiple incidents of being hit in his testicles with a belt buckle, punched in the stomach and in the face and pushed into the kitchen counter by mother. S.L. reported mother hit him with a belt, paddle, or her fist a couple of times a week, leaving bruises. Mother made him take long baths in Epsom salt to diminish the marks and bruises. The fathers of the boys were aware mother was physically abusing them but did not intervene to protect them. The boys were placed in the care and custody of the Merced County Human Services Agency (agency) and into a foster home.
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