In re X.T. CA2/5

INTRODUCTION

A.T. (mother) appeals from the juvenile court’s jurisdiction and disposition orders finding her infant son, X.T., born in May 2014, a dependent child of the juvenile court pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivision (b),1 and removing X.T. from mother’s custody. Mother contends that there was not substantial evidence to support the juvenile court’s jurisdictional and dispositional findings, and the dispositional order requiring mother to participate in a domestic violence support group should be reversed. We affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. The Juvenile Proceeding Regarding X.T.’s Older Siblings In November 2013, X.T.’s three siblings2—all aged three years and younger—had been detained from mother “due to failure to protect,” and mother and M.P., the father of X.T.’s siblings, had been arrested. The record contains three first amended section 300 petitions filed in December 2013 for each of X.T.’s older siblings by the San Bernardino County Department of Children and Family Services (San Bernardino Department) with the juvenile court in San Bernardino County (Prior Petitions). On December 10, 2013, the San Bernardino County…