In re S.H. CA2/8

BACKGROUND

The family came to the attention of the Department on May 26, 2013, after the Department received a referral for emotional and physical abuse of then one- and a-half year-old S.H. When S.H. was taken to the hospital for an accidental burn, mother became so explosive during S.H.’s examination that she was forcefully medicated and placed on an involuntary psychiatric hold. 1. The Department’s Investigation Social workers Tasha Beard and Adrian Hawkins summarized their findings in the detention report. On May 26, 2013, the Department investigated a referral that S.H. had been burned by spilled coffee, and that mother was trying to leave the hospital before S.H. had been treated. According to the reporting party, father placed his coffee cup on top of a towel on the kitchen counter. S.H. was burned when he pulled on the towel, spilling the coffee. At the hospital, mother “had the child in a blanket like a rag doll.” She did not want S.H. to be examined, and wanted to leave the hospital before S.H. had been treated. She accused the physician of being a “child molester” when he attempted to

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