In re Emely R. CA2/2

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

I. Family

Mother has five children—Erick R., Monica R., David R., Ismael M., and Emely. I.D. is the father of the youngest four children.

II. Termination of Parental Rights over Mother’s Middle

Three Children In 2018, the juvenile court initially exerted dependency jurisdiction over Monica, David, and Ismael after finding that mother was unable to care for the children because she housed them in a residence that was literally crawling with roaches, coated in dirt and grime, littered with trash and un-sprung mouse traps, and snaked throughout with electrical cords. A psychological evaluation prepared in 2019 opined that mother

2 has “[l]ow-[a]verage intellectual function range” resulting in “difficulties grasping abstract concepts” and that mother may also be depressed. After mother failed to reunify with the children, the juvenile court terminated her parental rights over those children in February 2021.

III. Emely Is Born

Eight months after her parental rights over her middle three children were terminated, mother gave birth to Emely in the bathroom of father’s sister’s (aunt’s) apartment. After giving birth, mother walked out of the…