In re Angel B. CA2/1

BACKGROUND

Angel was born in March 2012 and became a dependent of the juvenile court in 2017.1 In 2016, prior to the dependency proceedings, Angel lived with maternal great grandmother because mother was overwhelmed and unable to care for Angel. After Angel returned to mother’s care, maternal great

1 In September 2017, Angel’s half sibling was born. This appeal does not involve Angel’s half sibling. We summarize only those facts relevant to the sole issue mother raises on appeal.

2 grandmother noticed that Angel would visit with new bruises and complain of mother spraying hot sauce in her mouth. Angel has been in and out of her mother’s care during the dependency proceedings, and mother’s ambivalence towards parenting Angel has materially negatively affected Angel’s well- being. We thus detail below these circumstances leading to the visitation restriction at issue in this appeal.

A. The Juvenile Court Sustains the Original and Supplemental Petitions In June 2017, the juvenile court sustained allegations mother physically abused Angel by repeatedly striking her body and face with a belt and mother’s open hand and by pouring “hot sauce in the child’s mouth as a form of…