K.F.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

D.F., born in August 2000, was detained in foster care in June 2012, and the

Riverside County Department of Public Social Services (Department) filed a petition under

Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivisions (b) (failure to protect) and (c)

(serious emotional damage).

The detention report stated that mother had taken D.F. to the hospital insisting she

suffered from tetanus, although it was determined she did not have the disease. D.F. stayed

in the hospital six days and was diagnosed with conversion disorder (a condition in which “a

person has symptoms in response to emotional abuse”) and an eating disorder. The minor

1All further statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code, unless otherwise indicated.

2 reported that she had been physically abused by mother and verbally abused by mother and

mother’s boyfriend.

At the detention hearing on June 7, 2012, the juvenile court found a prima facie

showing had been made. The court ordered that visitation with mother would be

detrimental to D.F., and it ordered no visitation. The court ordered reunification services for

mother. At the continued detention…