In re K.K. CA4/3

FACTS

The minor, K.K., was born in 2007. In February 2010, the mother, L.K., asked neighbors to call the police as she believed she and the minor had wiretaps and bombs placed on them. The bomb squad and 30 officers arrived and found the mother and the minor barricaded in the garage. The child had bruises on his forehead and right buttock and scratches on his arm. When he was asked how he got the black and blue mark on his forehead, the minor said his mother hit him on the head. The home appeared to be ransacked and food in the refrigerator and freezer was decaying. Both the mother and the father, T.K., abuse substances. The mother was placed in a mental hospital pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 5150, where her diagnosis was: “psychosis, not otherwise specified.” (All further statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.) The mother was arrested for corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant in 2007. The next year, she was arrested for robbery and willful injury to a child. The father was arrested for various violations involving thefts, burglary, fraudulent uses of credit cards, robberies, child cruelty and possession of controlled substances.…