J.M. v. Superior Court

Opinion

GILBERT, P. J.

Here we conclude when a mother’s criminal neglect is a substantial factor in the health of her child, she is not entitled to reunification services.

J.M. (Mother) seeks an extraordinary writ and challenges an order of the juvenile court bypassing family reunification services and setting a permanent plan hearing regarding her two minor children. (Welf. & Inst. Code, §§361.5, subd. (b)(4), 366.26, subd. (c).)1 We deny her petition for extraordinary writ.

*485 FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Mother is the parent of seven-year-old A.M. and four-year-old T.M. She was also the parent…