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UNDER ARIZONA RULE OF THE SUPREME COURT 111(c), THIS DECISION IS NOT PRECEDENTIAL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 Randall M. Howe delivered the decision of the Court, in
which Judge Michael J. Brown and Judge Kent E. Cattani joined.
H O W E, Judge:
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Bethany C. (Mother) appeals the juvenile courts order
terminating her parental rights to her two minor children, J.C. and G.C., on
the ground of 15 months in out-of-home placement pursuant to court order
under A.R.S. 8533(B)(8)(c). For the following reasons, we affirm.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
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One December day, nine-year-old C.A. called her father
JoshuaMothers ex-husbandfrom Mothers house. Joshua arrived at
Mothers house and found C.A. and her two half-siblings, J.C. and G.C.,
home alone. Joshua called the police. They responded and unsuccessfully
attempted to contact Mother. Mother had gone to a bar and left C.A. in
charge of three-year-old J.C. and one-year-old G.C.
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As a result, the Arizona Department of Economic Security 1
investigated and instituted in-home services, including family preservation
and 24-hour daycare. While working with the Department, Mother
exhibited basic parenting skills, but needed to improve her parenting skills,
such as picking up on the childrens social cues, and frequently had her
children nap, demonstrating her lack of patience with the children.
Meanwhile, her home was infested with cockroaches and often in disarray,
with food on the floor and toys throughout.
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Although Mother continued services, the Department
suspected that she was still leaving her children home alone. That suspicion
was confirmed in February 2012 when the case manager received a report
that Mother had walked around her apartment complex looking for
someone to watch her children overnight. She left her childrenwith no
The Arizona Department of Economic Security is substituted for the
Arizona Department of Child Safety in this matter. See Ariz. R. Civ. App. P.
27; S.B. 1001, Section 157, 51st Leg., 2nd Spec. Sess. (Ariz. 2014) (enacted).
For convenience, we refer to both as the Department.
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