In re S.D.
R.B. (mother) appeals from a jurisdictional order removing her youngest child (S.D.) from her custody. Mother frames the issue as follows: “Can a parent’s failure to acknowledge sibling [sexual] abuse [by the stepfather (her husband)] establish that a child cannot safely remain in that parent’s custody, even if the parent is willing to follow orders preventing the abuser from contacting the child?†As we will discuss, the record reflects a much more complex situation than mother’s question suggests, and given the entirety of the record before the dependency court, we conclude ample evidence supports the removal order.
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