In re A.D. CA1/1

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL

BACKGROUND

We summarized previous, and lengthy, proceedings in this case in In re A.D. (Feb. 26, 2025, A169677, A170451) [nonpub. opn.] (A.D. I), and we briefly recount them here. Mother started to show signs of mental distress

1 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although there was no corroborating evidence for her report, Mother believed that the minor suffered a head injury in late 2020 at a park, and she began taking her son to excessive medical appointments. This sometimes involved taking the minor out of school early. The minor’s father (Father, who is not a party to this appeal) agreed with medical personnel that Mother was requesting unnecessary tests and lab work, but Mother continued to take the minor to medical appointments and request invasive and unnecessary tests. She also began to have possibly delusional thoughts about her son, and Father continued to be concerned about Mother’s mental health. Mother became obsessed with the minor’s food intake, and she also contacted law enforcement agencies with concerns over her son. In December 2022, respondent Alameda County Social Services Agency (Agency) filed a dependency petition alleging that…