In re D.B. CA2/3

INTRODUCTION

C.J. appeals from the order of the juvenile court at the 18-month review hearing that terminated reunification services for her and her eldest son D.B. and denied her request to return the child to her custody. Mother contends there is no evidence that it would be detrimental to D. to return him to her care. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.22.)1 We conclude the evidence is sufficient to support the detriment finding. Accordingly, we affirm the order.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

1. Detention – February 2014 By herself, mother has been raising six children: boys, D. (age 17), D’Marcus B. (age 15), M.B. II (age 14), Messiah B. (age 12), and girls, Jada J. (age 11), and Leilani M. (age 2). The Department of Children and Family Services (the Department) logged 10 calls about this family between January 2005 and May 2013 alleging abuse and neglect. Mother admitted she disciplined the children by hitting them with objects. A case was opened in 2008 because mother physically abused M. In February 2014, the school reported to the police that M. had a bruise in his eye and claimed that mother stuck her finger in it and choked him. Mother explained, and M. confirmed, that to…