In re F.M. CA4/1

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND2

Mother is the mother of the four dependent minors: twins R.M. and F.M.

(age seven); F.A.M.M. (age five); and S.M. (age two) (together Minors).

Subsequent undesignated statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.

"In accord with the usual rules on appeal, we state the facts in the manner most favorable to the dependency court's order." (In re Janee W. (2006) 140 Cal.App.4th 1444, 1448, fn. 1.)

Mother is also the mother of two other children. She has a son (age 10), who in an earlier dependency case was taken into protective custody based on a substantiated allegation of neglect. Mother relinquished her parental rights to the boy, and he was adopted in 2008 before the births of the children involved in the present case. She also has a daughter (age 1), who was born during the reunification period in the present case. (See pt. II.D., post.)

2 A. The Petitions (Sept. 14, 2014)

In mid-September 2014 — i.e., when R.M. and F.M. were five years old,

F.A.M.M. was three years old, and S.M. was two months old — the San Diego County

Health and Human Services Agency (Agency) received multiple…