In re G.W. CA4/2

I. BACKGROUND

In January 2023, law enforcement found defendant and appellant J.M. (mother)

and her three children living in a motor home in a parking lot. Mother “smelled of

alcohol and marijuana,” was “refusing to cooperate,” and made claims that “no one is

taking her children and she will do whatever she has to do to keep them.” Mother then

“put all the children on one stroller and attempted to run off with them.” Law

enforcement attempted to handcuff mother, but mother grabbed one of the children from

the stroller and “attempted to use her as a shield as the mother was resisting arrest.” Law

enforcement recovered a small pocket knife from mother after arresting her.

Plaintiff and respondent San Bernardino County Children and Family Services

(CFS) filed section 300 petitions for the children, E.W. (born 2017), S.W. (born 2020), 2 and G.W. (born 2021). The children were detained and removed from the parents.

1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code. 2 At the time the petitions were filed, CFS did not know the identity or location of the children’s father. Two months later, the father was located and told CFS that he was living in…