Fresno County Department of Children & Family Services v. Naomi L.

*1256 Opinion

Naomi L. appeals from a dispositional order denying her reunification services in her five-year-old daughter S.G.’s juvenile dependency. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 361.5, subd. (b)(6).) 1 Appellant, who previously submitted the matter on evidence that she and her boyfriend caused the child serious physical harm, contends the court erred when it took her submission by not telling her that a possible consequence of her submission was that the court might deny her reunification services. She further claims the court committed reversible error when it failed to make on-the-record findings in denying her services. On review, we disagree and will affirm.

PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL HISTORY

In October 2002, Fresno police found five-year-old S.G. had multiple bruises on her thighs, legs, ankles, buttocks, back, arms, chin, forehead, and abdomen as a result of being struck repeatedly by appellant’s live-in boyfriend with both a belt and an electrical cord taped into a looped instrument. In the opinion of an examining physician, S.G. was a victim of aggressive attacks involving belts and blunt force. Of particular concern to the physician was that the attacks also involved the…