L.C.

STATEMENT OF FACTS

The subject minors, T.C. and Tr.C. (the minors), were born in 2004 and 2006,

respectively. The Department of Public Social Services (Department) filed the initial

petition on September 26, 2012, and in essence alleged that the minors had no one to care

for them because Mother had been hospitalized under a section 5150 mental health

evaluation hold.

Although the children appeared well cared for and expressed no concerns about

Mother, Mother had been taken into medical custody after calling police about pictures

All subsequent statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.

We use this format because the first names of both children begin with the letter “T.”

3 The minors are placed with a relative who apparently remains confidential, and the expectation is that a legal guardianship will be established. The trial court ordered continued visitation.

2 on her cell phone. She then drove her vehicle at a high rate of speed towards a deputy

sheriff, and then got out of her car rambling about the photos, her cell phone, and the man

supposedly in the photos who “can walk through doors without opening them and he has

red and blue eyes,…