In re M.S. CA1/3

BACKGROUND

The history of the dependency proceedings is set forth in this court’s prior opinion, which we incorporate here by reference. (L.D. v. Superior Court of San Francisco (Feb. 26, 2021, A161424) [nonpub. opn.].) In that case, this court denied Mother’s petition for a writ of mandate, which sought

1 to vacate orders removing M.S. from her care and bypassing her for reunification services. This court also denied her request to stay a permanency planning hearing under section 366.26. We briefly summarize the facts here and provide further details relevant to this appeal in the discussion section. In December 2019, the San Francisco Human Services Agency (Agency) filed a juvenile dependency petition regarding M.S. — at the time a five- month-old baby — and detained him from A.S. (Father) after he physically abused Mother in M.S.’s presence. M.S. was placed with Mother. In February 2020, the juvenile court sustained allegations that M.S. was at risk of physical or emotional harm based on the parents’ ongoing relationship and domestic violence (despite an active criminal protective order against Father); Mother’s history of mental health and substance abuse issues; Mother’s…