In re Alison C. CA2/2

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

I. Facts

A. Alison’s early childhood in Guatemala Mother and Enrique C. are parents to Alison, born December 2007 in Guatemala.

Alison’s father is not a party to this appeal. Mother has another child, Ian M., born October 2015. Because mother’s notice of appeal in this case challenged the juvenile court’s orders only as to Alison, we previously struck

2 Mother’s life in Guatemala was full of hardship. She grew up in poverty, lived in a home made of dirt, bathed in a nearby river, and worked since the age of five. From the ages of six to 13, mother was sexually abused by her maternal uncle. She reported it to her mother (Alison’s maternal grandmother), but the grandmother did not believe mother. Mother ran away from home as a teenager because maternal grandmother physically abused her. When Alison was four years old, mother relocated to the United States, but left Alison in the care of maternal grandmother. Alison was sexually abused on three separate occasions under maternal grandmother’s watch. She told maternal grandmother about the first incident, but maternal grandmother did nothing and instructed Alison not to tell mother.…