In re S.H. CA1/3

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Court of Appeal of CaliforniaSeptember 25, 2015A144343California2,199 words

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Statement of Facts Detention and Jurisdiction Hearings On July 19, 2014, mother was taken into custody for psychiatric evaluation and treatment after the police found her wandering in a delusional state with her young daughter, S.H. (§ 5150.) Her daughter, then seven years old, was taken into protective custody and the Contra Costa County Children and Family Services Bureau (county) filed a juvenile dependency petition alleging that mother “suffers from mental health disabilities which impair[] her ability to adequately care and protect the child.” (§ 300, subd. (b).) The county prepared a report summarizing the circumstances of mother’s detention. A police officer was summoned to a Concord hotel and told by hotel employees that mother “had been disruptive with both staff and guests and they were afraid she would start a violent confrontation.” The officer found mother “wandering the hotel” accompanied by her daughter. Asked what she was doing, mother said she was waiting for her husband, actor and musician Tyrese Gibson, “to finish filming a movie and pick her up.” Mother made a number of “bizarre claims” that led the officer to conclude mother was delusional and “disconnected…

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