In re M.A. CA6

I. BACKGROUND

In March 2012, the juvenile court sustained allegations in an amended juvenile dependency petition supporting jurisdiction over M.A. under Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivisions (a) and (b).1 The juvenile court declared M.A. to be a dependent of the court, and placed him in the custody of Father. The court ordered Father to complete parenting classes and counseling, and to comply with drug and alcohol testing. The court ordered the mother of M.A. (Mother), who was in custody, to complete parenting classes and counseling, and to submit to a psychological evaluation. The amended petition alleged that M.A. was placed in protective custody on December 25, 2011, after Mother dropped or threw him from a second-story window, and then jumped herself when police attempted to enter the room where she had barricaded herself and her son. The petition alleged further that Mother had been suffering from depression, had received emergency psychiatric services (EPS) on December 23, was planning to return to EPS on December 25, but she barricaded herself in her bedroom with M.A. before her mother could transport her. Mother was placed on a psychiatric hold and was…