In re Mi.F. CA2/8

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

1. Initial Petition On November 23, 2011, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) filed a petition requesting that Mi.F. and Mo.F. (the children) be detained. The petition alleged mother physically abused Mo.F. by repeatedly slapping her face and buttocks and inflicted a bruise, which mother attempted to conceal with makeup. The petition alleged that mother’s conduct towards Mo.F. also placed Mi.F. at risk of harm. Mo.F. reported to a police officer that mother had bruised her face below her eye and spanked her buttocks 20 to 30 times. Mother admitted spanking Mo.F. on her face after Mo.F. was suspended from school but denied spanking her buttocks. Mother also admitted that in a prior case she ran over her husband out of anger. Mother was on probation for having run over her husband. Mother initially agreed to receive voluntary services but later refused them. Mother had five children, two of whom are the subjects of this case. Mother lost custody of her other three children. Mother’s oldest child was cared for by her great- grandmother, her second child was removed at birth, and her third child was adopted.

Mother was…