Napa County Department of Health & Human Services v. Shanon K.

The juvenile court declared minors Gabriel K. and Levi B. to be dependent children and denied the request of their mother—appellant Shanon K.—for reunification services. On appeal from the disposition order, the mother raises various challenges to the denial of reunification services. (See Welf. & Inst. Code, 1 § 361.5, subd. (b)(10) (§ 361.5(b)(10)).) We affirm the juvenile court’s order.

I. FACTS

A. Family History

Minor Levi B. was bom in October 1993 to appellant Shanon K. and presumed father Robert B. 2 A month earlier, Robert had been convicted of inflicting corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant. He was sentenced to two years in prison. He was convicted of the same offense in February 1996. This time, he was given three years’ probation. In 1998, Robert was convicted of felony possession of a controlled substance and misdemeanor driving under the influence. He was jailed for a year for these offenses.

In September 2000—while the family was living in Auburn—Placer County Child Protective Services learned of allegations of Shanon’s emotional abuse of Levi. He was placed in the temporary guardianship of *191 Shanon’s mother—Sherry L. In November 2000, Shanon was…