MARLENE M. v. Superior Court
Opinion
Opinion
Hastings, J.
Petitioner Marlene M., mother of Michael M., petitions for relief from denial of family reunification services and setting of a Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26 hearing in this dependency action. We conclude the trial court did not err or abuse its discretion and we deny the request for extraordinary relief.
Facts
Petitioner is the mother of Michael M. (Michael), bom April 15, 1999. She is also the mother of four other children: Alexandra M., bom in 1992; Lorraine M., born in 1993; William M., bom in 1995; and Brian M., born in December 1997. These other children were detained by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) on February 23, 1998, due to the failure of petitioner to keep the physical environment of the home clean and safe and her failure to provide the minors with food and other basic necessities of life. The four minors were placed with the paternal grandparents, Justina and Lex M.
Prior to the birth of Michael, DCFS caseworker (CSW) Jason C. Jacobs repeatedly inquired of petitioner whether she was pregnant and whether she was being followed by a doctor. She answered that she had been seen by her brother-in-law, a…