In re Roxanne S. CA2/4

INTRODUCTION

L.K. (Mother), the mother of a dependent child of the juvenile court, appeals from an order denying her petition pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 3881 to modify prior orders and return her daughter to her care or, in the alternative, permit unmonitored visitation. We affirm.2 The trial court did not abuse its discretion by concluding Mother failed to sufficiently demonstrate that there were changed circumstances or that the best interests of the child would be served by the proposed change of order.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

I. Initiation of Juvenile Court Proceedings

Roxanne S., born in December 2008, came to the attention of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) when she was two months old.3 Mother had taken Roxanne to a medical clinic on February 18, 2009, and when clinic workers discovered that Roxanne had not gained any weight since birth, they instructed Mother to immediately take the child to the emergency room. When a clinic worker called mother six days later and learned that Mother had not taken Roxanne to the hospital, the clinic worker called the child abuse hotline. A social worker…