PABLO S, SR. v. Superior Court

G. S. (mother) and Pablo S. (father) (collectively parents) seek writ review (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.26, subd. (b)(1); Cal. Rules of Court, rule 39.1B) of the juvenile court’s order denying family reunification services under section 361.5, subdivision (b)(6), and setting a hearing under section 366.26 as to minors Pablo S. and Maya S. We deny the writ petition.

Factual and Procedural Background

1. Detention of the minor.

On June 28, 2001, six-year-old Pablo fell while playing with a scooter and broke his left femur. For almost two months, Pablo’s parents failed to seek medical treatment for the injury. During this period,' Pablo could not walk and reported crawling with his arms to pull himself along the floor. The leg healed in a rotated position, shorter than the other leg, and would not support the child’s weight. Ana B., who lived in the apartment above Pablo’s, reported hearing Pablo cry and scream “on and off every other day for about two months.” On the morning of August 24, 2001, while parents were at work, Ana B. offered Pablo’s maternal grandmother, who resided with parents, the services of her daughter, Michelle T., to take Pablo to the hospital.…