In re J.H. CA1/4

I. BACKGROUND

A. Detention and Jurisdiction Minor was detained in May 2014, shortly after she was born. According to a detention report prepared by the San Francisco Human Services Agency, Family and Children’s Services Division (the Agency), Mother’s mother (Grandmother) had filed a missing person’s report for Mother about two weeks before Minor was born. After Mother was located, she was placed on a psychiatric hold pursuant to Welfare and

1 Institutions Code1 section 5150 (5150 hold) and labeled “Gravely Disabled” because of her hallucinations and delusions. She declined psychiatric treatment. The officer who found Mother reported that Mother appeared agitated and unfocused. She had been contacting the FBI to make complaints about a child pornography ring with which her brother-in-law, a police officer in another state, was allegedly involved. Although Mother denied having had any previous mental health holds, a social worker said she had been put on a 5150 hold in 2010, and had received no follow-up mental health treatment or psychotropic medication. Minor’s father, L.H. (Father),2 had a history of domestic violence, drug use, and assault, and was a registered sex…