In re M.M. CA4/3

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

A. Removal from the Mother’s care The material facts of this case are undisputed. Since the child’s father does not appeal, we focus on the facts pertinent as to the mother. The mother gave birth to the child in August 2018. A few days later, the Orange County Social Services Agency (SSA) filed a petition requesting that he be removed from his parents’ care based on the following allegations: (1) she had unresolved anger management issues and had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and was not taking medication; (2) the child had lost considerable weight and his father was preventing her from breastfeeding him; (3) unresolved domestic violence issues between her and father; (4) her criminal history which included battery against a police officer and obstructing/resisting an executive officer; and (5) another of her children (the child’s half-sibling) had previously been a dependent of the juvenile court before being freed for adoption in March 2017. The court issued a protective custody warrant, and the child was removed from his parents’ care less than a week after his birth.

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