In re N.T. CA3

FACTS

The Siskiyou County Human Services Agency (Agency) filed a petition to remove the minor from parental custody in August 2001 due to mother’s erratic conduct. The juvenile court terminated reunification services in February 2004 and placed the minor in long-term foster care until the court changed the permanent plan to guardianship in August 2008. The court reinstated the dependency in September 2011 and returned the minor to mother under a family maintenance plan. By December 2011, the minor felt he needed to run away to be safe and mother felt she needed additional support services. The court removed the 16-year-old minor from mother and placed him in foster care in Redding, California where he is doing well and has re-engaged in therapy. Mother resides in Montague, California, approximately 100 miles north of Redding, California.2 Mother had weekly visitation pending the section 366.26 hearing to select a permanent plan for the minor. The report described the visits as “not . . . successful” and visits did not occur because either mother or the minor did not like the arrangements. The minor did not trust mother to behave appropriately and did not want to get in a car with…