In re D.G. CA2/1

BACKGROUND

Petition The Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) filed a petition on October 9, 2014, alleging against mother under sections 300, subdivisions (a), (b), and (j), that she had physically abused her son D.G., then seven years old, by striking him with a belt and by making him stand in a corner for an excessive amount of time without allowing him to eat, drink, sit or use the bathroom. D.G. had also shown suicidal ideation, telling mother he wanted to kill himself with a knife, but mother had failed to obtain the mental health services recommended for D.G. Mother had been diagnosed with depression but had failed to take her medication as prescribed or obtain treatment. She also had a history of violent and assaultive behaviors, including threatening to kill the children’s school principal with a knife. Mother’s abuse of marijuana in combination with prescribed medication also endangered the children. Mother had physically abused D.G.’s half-sibling R.W., who was currently a dependent of the juvenile court with sustained allegations that mother choked him and threatened him with a knife, and abused alcohol and marijuana. Mother was not in…