San Diego County Department of Social Services v. Chai R.
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Kremer, J.
*541 Opinion
Chai R. appeals an order establishing long-term foster care for her children Misako and iy 1 and terminating reunification services for Misako, Ty, and Minna. We affirm.
Facts and Procedure
Chai R. was bom and raised in Korea. She is illiterate in both English and Korean, although she can write her name in Korean. She completed only two or three years of schooling in Korea. Tests by a court-appointed psychologist indicated she is mildly retarded.
Chai’s husband Michael R. is the father of children Misako and iy. The four lived in Okinawa until Michael R. was discharged from the Air Force in 1986. Chai did not want to leave and was not caring for the children, so Michael R. returned to the United States with Misako and iy. Military authorities sent Chai to join them in Texas 10 months later. Chai was pregnant with Minna when she arrived. Minna’s father is Darryl M., a Marine. In October 1987, Chai and the three children left Michael R. in Texas to join Darryl M. in California. She did not contact Michael R. for six months.
On October 1, 1989, while in California, Chai directed Darryl M. to discipline her children. He did so by striking them with a wire hanger,…