In re Ezekiel A. CA2/5

I. INTRODUCTION

B.A. (mother) appeals from the juvenile court’s entry of an exit order, pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 362.41, which required that mother’s visits with her child Ezekiel A. (the child, born in November 2021) be monitored. Finding no abuse of discretion, we affirm.

II. BACKGROUND

A. Jurisdiction and Case Plan

On July 19, 2022, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (Department) filed a section 300 petition, which alleged, as later amended, that mother “has mental and emotional problems including depression, self- harming behaviors, aggressive and assaultive behaviors which render [her] unable to provide regular care for the child. . . . Such mental and emotional problems on the part of . . . mother endanger the child’s physical health and safety and place the

Further statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code unless otherwise indicated.

2 child at risk of serious physical harm, damage and danger.” (In re Ezekiel A. (Dec. 27, 2023, B323378) [nonpub. opn.].)2 On September 2, 2022, the juvenile court sustained the section 300 petition and ordered the child removed from mother’s…