Los Angeles County Department of Children's Services v. Teah W.

The juvenile court sustained a petition filed pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code 1 section 300 and declared minors Katrina W. and Ryan W. (collectively the minors) to be dependents of the court. Teah W. (mother) and Timothy W. (father) appeal from an order entered following the ensuing disposition hearing. We affirm.

Background

Viewed in the light most favorable to the order under review (In re Bernadette C. (1982) 127 Cal.App.3d 618, 624 [ 179 Cal.Rptr. 688 ]), the evidence presented at the hearing showed the following. Katrina was bom on July 19, 1988, and Ryan was bom on January 19, 1991, when Katrina was two and one-half years old. On January 20, 1991, mother and father returned from the hospital with Ryan. That night, Katrina sustained an injury to her vaginal area. Since the bleeding stopped, mother and father decided not to call the hospital until the following morning.

When mother called the hospital, she was advised that, since Katrina was not experiencing pain, there was no reason to take her to the hospital. Later that day, mother noticed blood spots on Katrina’s underwear. Mother and father decided that mother should take Katrina to an urgent care…