A.T.

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL

BACKGROUND

Real party in interest Solano County Health & Social Services Department (Department) first became aware of the family when Younger Brother was born in February 2013, and the family was referred for general neglect. Mother was referred to parenting education, and the Department declined to initiate dependency proceedings. Someone reported the family to the Department later that same year and said Mother yelled frequently at then three-year-old Older Sister, but the Department found reports of emotional abuse to be unfounded. The Department investigated additional reports in 2014 and 2015, but the Department again determined that the reports were unfounded. Later, in summer 2015, the Department filed a dependency petition after reports that Mother hit and pushed then five-year-old Older Sister. The juvenile court sustained allegations under Welfare and Institutions Code section 300,1 subdivisions (b) (serious harm or illness) and (j) (abuse of sibling). The court ultimately placed the minors with Mother after the six- month review hearing, then terminated jurisdiction in July 2016. Around three years later, in summer 2019, the Department…