S.D. v. Superior Court CA5
In May 2021, the Fresno County Department of Social Services (department) took then five-year-old Brooklyn, two-year-old B.D. and seven-month-old L.D. into protective custody out of concern for their physical safety.
Mother has a significant history of physically abusing her children. In 2005, mother hit her then eight-year-old daughter, L.A., with a stick and belt and held her on the stove causing bruises and blisters. L.A. was admitted to the hospital. Coached by mother, L.A. accused her father of injuring her but later recanted and said mother did it. Mother was arrested, convicted for the abuse, and served seven years in prison. In 2017 and 2019, the department began to receive referrals mother exposed Brooklyn to domestic violence. In late 2019, Tulare County received reports of mother punching her teenage daughter, M.G., in the face and back, throwing her to the floor, pulling out chunks of her hair and hitting her in the head, causing her to lose consciousness.
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