JENNIFER T. v. Superior Court

Jennifer T., mother of B.T. and S.T., purports to appeal an order of the juvenile court terminating her family reunification services (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.21, subd. (e)) and setting the section 366.26 permanency planning hearing.

The essential issue presented is whether the juvenile court properly found reasonable reunification services were provided to the mother. We affirm, concluding the record fully supports the juvenile court’s ruling.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The record reflects mother had 10 children. Her five oldest children live in Ohio with their maternal grandmother because, according to mother, she is unable to care for them. Four of those children were adopted by the maternal grandmother in 2001, and she is also seeking to adopt the fifth child in her custody.

Another child, M., died in December 2004 at the age of two months. According to mother, the cause of death was sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). However, the medical examiner ruled SIDS out and the cause of death was “opined to be undetermined.”

On April 18, 2006, the family came to the attention of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) by way of…