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I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

M.P. was detained following a referral from the police department that she was at risk as a result of mother’s mental health issues. On January 25, 2013, the police responded to mother’s home after she claimed M.P. had ingested an unknown pill. M.P. was taken to the hospital, “cleared,” and released the same day. In late January and again in February 2013, mother suffered a series of mental breakdowns including two requiring

1 All further statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.

1 emergency psychiatric services. On February 11, 2013, the San Francisco Human Services Agency (the Agency) placed M.P. with her maternal grandmother. A combined jurisdictional and dispositional hearing was held on April 10, 2014. The court sustained the allegations of a Welfare and Institutions Code section 300 petition, finding that M.P. was at risk of harm due to mother’s mental health condition. The court also sustained the allegation that father’s whereabouts were unknown. The court declared M.P. to be a dependent of the court and placed her with her maternal grandmother. The court ordered reunification services for mother. The Agency’s report, filed…