R.F.

INTRODUCTION

At the jurisdiction hearing, Leo R. (born Oct. 2019) was adjudicated a dependent under Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivision (j).1 At the disposition hearing, the juvenile court denied mother reunification services under section 361.5, subdivision (b)(6) (hereafter 361.5(b)(6)) and set a permanency planning hearing (§ 366.26). Mother filed a petition for extraordinary writ challenging the juvenile court’s order denying reunification services under section 361.5(b)(6). As relevant here, section 361.5(b)(6) requires the court to deny reunification services to a parent when the child or a sibling was severely physically harmed by an act or omission of the parent and the child would not benefit from reunifying with the parent. In deciding whether reunification services would benefit the child, the court must consider any information it deems relevant, including a list of factors outlined in section 361.5, subdivision (i)(1)-(6). When section 361.5(b)(6) applies, the court may order services only if reunification serves the child’s best interest. (§ 361.5, subd. (c)(2).) We conclude substantial evidence supports the juvenile court’s finding under section…