Merced County Human Services Agency v. Sharon D.

Statement of the Case

On March 30, 1987, a petition was filed alleging that Christie D. was a dependent child under the provisions of Welfare and Institutions Code 1 section 300, subdivisions (a) and (d), specifically alleging: “Said minor is in need of proper and effective parental care or control and has no parent or guardian willing to exercise or capable of exercising such care or control and further, whose home is unfit for her by reason of cruelty, depravity, and physical abuse. On March 27, 1987, the minor stated and demonstrated that she orally copulated her father’s penis, calling it a ‘weiner.’ She also stated her mother knows about this and tells her father ‘no.’ The minor also demonstrated how she kisses her mother’s ‘titties’ and kisses her mother’s vagina.

“There is a substantial danger to the physical health of said minor and there is no reasonable means by which said minor’s physical health can be protected without removing the minor from her parents’ physical custody.”

On March 31, 1987, a detention hearing was held and the parents stipulated to detention with visitation rights until the jurisdictional hearing date.

On April 2, 1987, an attorney was…