In re Christiana M. CA2/5

Facts This family came to the attention of DCFS on July 21, 2011, when the child abuse hotline received a report that P. had gotten a bump on her head when she fell out of her stroller. Christiana was five years old, and P. was two. Mother and the children were living at the Union Rescue Mission, and had been for about five days. The Mission social worker told DCFS that P. was constantly falling out of her stroller, that Mother had been instructed to strap P. in, and that P. had hit her head several times during the family's stay at the Mission. Mother said that P. had figured out how to get out of her stroller, and fell even though she was strapped in. DCFS also learned that the family had a dependency history in Riverside County. In 2006, that court sustained allegations of neglect, domestic violence by Mother against Christiana's father and by Christiana's father against Mother, and allegations concerning Mother's mental health problems, evidenced by two Welfare and Institutions Code section 51501 holds and Mother's admission that she had felt like killing herself. Christiana was out of Mother's care for a year. A section 300 petition was filed on…