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UNDER ARIZONA RULE OF THE SUPREME COURT 111(c), THIS DECISION IS NOT PRECEDENTIAL
AND MAY BE CITED ONLY AS AUTHORIZED BY RULE.
IN THE
MEMORANDUM DECISION
Presiding Judge Maurice Portley delivered the decision of the Court, in
which Judge John C. Gemmill and Judge Michael J. Brown joined.
P O R T L E Y, Judge:
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Angelique B. (Mother) appeals the juvenile courts order
terminating her parental rights to her three minor children, P.B., M.S., and
A.S.1 She contends the court erred by finding that termination was in the
childrens best interests. Because we discern no abuse of discretion, we
affirm.
FACTS2 AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
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The Department of Child Safety3 received two anonymous
hotline reports about Mother and her three biological children, P.B., M.S.,
and A.S. The first report was made on August 3, 2012, and asserted they
were living in a filthy home, filled with dog feces and urine, and they lacked
adequate food. The Department later learned that police officers went to
the house that day because they suspected the occupants were selling
drugs. The second report was made a few weeks later, and described that
although Mother had given M.S. and A.S. to their paternal grandmother
(Grandmother) to get them out of the inappropriate home and to keep
them away from her abusive brother, Mother took them back after arguing
with Grandmother.
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The Department subsequently began an investigation and
discovered that Mothers boyfriend had physically abused her and the
children. The Department also learned that Mother was unemployed, had
no source of income, and lacked stable housing. The Department asked
Mother to attend a team decision making meeting, but when she failed to
Neither father is a party to this appeal.
We view the facts in the light most favorable to upholding the juvenile
courts ruling. Raymond F. v. Ariz. Dept of Econ. Sec., 224 Ariz. 373, 376,
13, 231 P.3d 377, 380 (App. 2010).
3 The Department of Child Safety has replaced the Arizona Department of
Economic Security. See S.B. 1001, 51st Leg., 2d Spec. Sess. (Ariz. 2014). We
will refer to the agency as the Department.
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