In re Aaliyah H. CA3

FACTS

A protective custody warrant issued in September 2011 to detain the minor soon after birth based on facts which arose during the ongoing dependency proceedings of her half sibling, I.M. The Department filed a petition alleging that the minor was at risk of physical harm because I.M., who was two years old at the time he was injured, was the subject of a sustained petition in May 2010 which alleged I.M. was physically abused by the minor’s father (father) and sustained multiple injuries, including extreme bruising consistent with inflicted trauma while in the care of appellant and father.3 The minor’s petition further alleged that appellant failed to take reasonable measures to protect the minor because, despite services in I.M.’s case, she maintained a relationship with father and allowed him access to I.M., hid these facts from the Department, minimized I.M.’s abuse, and denied father abused I.M.

2 We previously granted appellant’s request for judicial notice of the orders of August 9, 2012, returning the minor to parental custody under a family maintenance plan and granting the Department’s oral motion to modify the prior order bypassing services for appellant by…