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In re Tamaria T.3/4/2003
nt session with Trinity, Mother "accused therapist of being in conspiracy with social worker against her . . . Mother was very hostile and upset with the whole situation." In addition Mother accused therapist of failing to consider "the safety or protection of her children. . . ."
The court ordered that conjoint therapy was to recommence when Mother's therapist and the Children's therapist found it to be "optimal," and Mother expressly requested that conjoint counseling be expedited. Conjoint therapy did not commence prior to the termination of reunification services.
When interpreting the evidence in the light most favorable to the judgment, substantial evidence supports the juvenile court's finding that the reunification services were reasonable even though conjoint therapy sessions ended in September and did not recommence prior to the February order terminating reunification services. (See In re Ronell A. (1996) 44 Cal.App.4th 1352, 1361-1362.) While we agree with Mother, that DCFS should have more expeditiously found a licensed therapist to undertake the conjoint therapy, Mother ignores the fact that conjoint therapy stopped, in part, as a result of her own conduct during those sessions. In addition, conjoint therapy was not the central aspect of the reunification plan but was initially ordered only "when appropriate." The focus of the reunification plan was individual therapy "specifically focusing family circumstance" and unmonitored visitation. Mother's conduct impeded the progress of the reunification plan because she changed therapists on multiple occasions, refused to participate in the testing she requested, and acted inappropriately during the unmonitored visits and during the conjoint therapy that was provided. The reunification services provided by DCFS, though not perfect, were reasonable.
DISPOSITION
The trial court's orders terminating reunification services for Mother, placing Tamaria in long-term foster care, and placing Tremayne and Trinity in Father's custody are affirmed.
We concur:
RUBIN, J.
BOLAND, J.
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