Stanislaus County Department of Human Services v. Linda L.

Appellant-father, John L., and appellant-mother, Linda L., appeal a court-review and permanency-planning hearing order respecting their minor child, Venita L., bom July 14, 1983.

On October 26, 1983, respondent, Stanislaus County Department of Human Services (DHS), filed a petition to bring the minor within the provisions of Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivision (a), 1 based on the following allegation: “That the minor, Venita [L], age 3 months, has no parent or guardian actually exercising or capable of exercising proper and effective parental care or control in that her mother, Linda [L], was hospitalized on October 26,1983, in the psychiatric inpatient unit at Scenic General Hospital for being gravely disabled. [11] And that the minor’s father, John [L], left the minor in the care of the minor’s mother, Linda [L], who is psychiatrically disabled and unable to provide proper parental care.” At the detention hearing on October 31, 1983, the juvenile court ordered suitable placement for the minor.

On November 23, 1983, both parents entered no-contest pleas to the allegations contained in the petition. Given the minor’s out-of-home placement, the…