In re H.M. CA2/4

INTRODUCTION

H.M. (born 2022) was declared a dependent of the court and removed from his mother, Melissa M. (mother).1 After mother failed to comply with a family reunification plan, the juvenile court terminated reunification services and set a permanency planning hearing. The day of the hearing, mother filed a petition under Welfare and Institutions Code, section 388.2 She asserted a schizophrenia diagnosis made after a recent arrest for willful child cruelty, along with the initiation of treatment, constituted a change in circumstances warranting reinstatement of reunification services. The juvenile court summarily denied her petition, and it terminated her parental rights. Mother appeals from the orders denying her section 388 petition and terminating her parental rights. We affirm.

Mother also appealed from the detention, jurisdiction, and disposition orders. (No. B327640, Apr. 7, 2023.) Her counsel filed a brief pursuant to In re Phoenix H. (2009) 47 Cal.4th 835, notifying us: (1) counsel was unable to identify any arguable issues after reviewing the record; and (2) mother was notified she could personally submit any contentions she believed we should consider, and…