In Re Audrey D.

This is an appeal from two annual review orders of the Los Angeles Superior Court sitting as a juvenile court continuing in force the disposition order of June 15, 1976, placing appellant's daughter Audrey, a minor, in the custody of her maternal great-grandmother. [1]

On July 23, 1971, a petition was filed by the Department of Public Social Services (hereinafter DPSS) on behalf of appellant's two children, Audrey and Vincent, pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 600, subdivisions (a) and (b). [2] The petition alleged that Vincent (then five years old) was hospitalized on or about May 19, 1971, after sustaining a severe burn to his right hand which was not self-inflicted. The petition further alleged that Vincent had "incurred a split lip on May 19, 1971, which was not self-inflicted and further had a front tooth knocked out." As to Audrey, the petition as originally filed alleged that "on or about June 23, 1971, minor was medically treated for serious multiple contusions to her face and forehead." However, in the detention report filed in connection with the petition, the social worker stated that there were "(i)ndications ... that minor's…