N.M.

I. BACKGROUND

A. The Petition and Detention The Contra Costa County Children and Family Services Bureau (the Bureau) filed petitions on November 7, 2014, alleging that P.W., then 12 years old, and his sister, M.W., then 11 years old (collectively, the children), came within the jurisdiction of the

1 All undesignated rule references are to the California Rules of Court. 2 All undesignated statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.

1 juvenile court.3 (§ 300.) According to the petitions, Mother caused P.W. serious physical harm, biting and scratching him during an altercation on October 31, 2014, and her untreated mental condition impaired her ability to adequately parent and protect both children, placing them at risk of physical harm or illness. The detention/jurisdiction report advised that the October 31 altercation began when Mother became upset and began yelling at P.W. for not going to school that day, threatening to send him to military school. Mother slapped P.W., who pushed her in response, and eventually the two were wrestling on the ground. At some point, Mother scratched P.W. on both wrists and under his chin, breaking the skin. P.W. reportedly…