San Diego County Health & Human Services Agency v. I. L.

I. L. (Mother) appeals following the juvenile court’s dispositional order declaring her son, S. O., a dependent and allowing her to retain custody. She contends the allegations of the dependency petition fail to state a cause of action and there is no substantial evidence supporting the jurisdictional finding (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 300, subd. (b)). 1 We affirm.

Background

Before S.’s birth, Mother had six children. Enrique O. (Enrique) was the presumed father of all but the eldest of these six children, Y. C. Enrique is also S.’s presumed father.

In December 2000, the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency (the Agency) filed dependency petitions for S.’s six siblings. They were made juvenile court dependents because in November and December, they were exposed to violent confrontations in the family home between Enrique and Mother (after drinking, Enrique slapped Mother’s face repeatedly in front of the children) (§ 300, subd. (b)) and from 1997 to December 2000, Enrique sexually abused Y. C. (§ 300, subds. (d), (j)). The children were placed in foster care. The court ordered that Enrique have no contact with Y. C. and that his visits with the other children…