Patricia O. v. Superior Court

*935 Opinion

Petitioner Patricia O. (mother) seeks writ review (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.26, subd. (l); Cal. Rules of Court, rule 39.1B) 1 of respondent court’s order denying mother family reunification services and setting a hearing under section 366.26 as to minors Salman Y. and Jasmine Y. on February 24, 1999. We deny the writ.

Factual and Procedural Background

The minors were declared wards of the court pursuant to section 300 based on a second amended petition which, as sustained, alleged: (1) the minors were in danger of serious physical harm in that their sibling, Adan Y., died on February 8, 1998, as a result of severe physical injuries including “blunt force trauma to the abdomen, disrupted blood vessels, lacerations and hemorrhaging of tissues, a tom liver, an abrasion on the left temple, and fractured vertebrae,” and Adan previously had suffered a spiral fracture of the right humeras on July 27, 1997; (2) mother failed to protect the minors from mother’s male companion, Victor Z., who had physically abused Salman and Jasmine by hitting the minors’ buttocks with an open hand, twisting the minors’ legs and arms, and, as to Salman, striking the minor in the abdomen…