In re A.P.J. CA1/1

I. BACKGROUND

A. Dependency of A.P.J. In March 2014, the Alameda County Social Services Agency (Agency) filed a dependency petition with respect to A.P.J., alleging that the minor came within the provisions of section 300, subdivision (j), after mother was incarcerated for punching A.P.J.’s four-year-old half-brother in the stomach and pushing him to the ground. Mother was alleged to have untreated issues with anger management which put the minors at risk. At the July 2014 jurisdictional hearing, the juvenile court sustained the subdivision (j) allegation, as well as amended allegations under subdivisions (b) and (g). The (b) allegation stated that mother had failed to seek necessary medical treatment for A.P.J.’s large hernia. Pursuant to subdivision (g), mother had left A.P.J. without any provision for support as she had a warrant out for her arrest and her whereabouts were unknown.2 In its dispositional report, the Agency stated that A.P.J. was adjusting well to her placement with her maternal great aunt (Alicia J.) and her maternal great grandmother (E.J.). At the September 2014 dispositional hearing, A.P.J. was declared a juvenile court dependent, and reunification…