In re A.I. CA1/2

I. INTRODUCTION

In this petition for an extraordinary writ, M.P., the mother of A.I. and Anthony I., challenges the juvenile court’s order, made at the 12-month review hearing, terminating her parental rights and setting the matter for a hearing under Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26.1 Mother contends the juvenile court’s order must be vacated

1 All further statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code, unless otherwise noted.

1 because she was entitled to, and did not receive, six months of reunification services. We disagree and affirm the court’s order.

II. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A.I. and Anthony I.2 first came to the Bureau’s notice in April 2012. A petition was filed on April 23, 2012 alleging that Father had grabbed Mother and punched her in the back and side of the head, arm and hands. He also grabbed a lanyard that was around Mother’s neck and choked her with it. The petition further alleged that the home in which A.I. and Anthony lived with Mother was “cluttered with trash throughout the home and food on the floors making it difficult to move about the residence and unsuited for safe and healthy habitation.” A detention hearing…