J-A15013-22 NON-PRECEDENTIAL DECISION - SEE SUPERIOR COURT I.O.P. 65.37 IN THE INTEREST OF: J.L., A MINOR : IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF : PENNSYLVANIA : APPEAL OF: L.T., MOTHER : : : : : : No. 141 WDA 2022 Appeal from the Order Entered December 20, 2021 In the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County Orphans' Court at No(s): CP-02-AP-0000027-2021 IN THE INTEREST OF: J.B., A MINOR : IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF : PENNSYLVANIA : APPEAL OF: L.T., MOTHER : : : : : : No. 142 WDA 2022 Appeal from the Order Entered December 20, 2021 In the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County Orphans' Court at No(s): CP-02-AP-0000025-2021 IN THE INTEREST OF: J.L., A MINOR : IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF : PENNSYLVANIA : APPEAL OF: L.T., MOTHER : : : : : : No. 143 WDA 2022 Appeal from the Order Entered December 20, 2021 In the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County Orphans' Court at No(s): CP-02-AP-0000026-2021 J-A15013-22 BEFORE: BOWES, J., KUNSELMAN, J., and SULLIVAN, J. MEMORANDUM BY BOWES, J.: FILED: SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 L.T (“Mother”) appeals from the December 20, 2021 orders involuntarily terminating her parental rights to two daughters, Ja.L. and Jo.L. 1, and a son, J.B. We affirm.2 Mother is a Kenyan immigrant and has no family in the United States. J.B., Ja.L., and Jo.L. were born in the United States in December 2010, June 2013, and October 2014, respectively.3 The Allegheny County Office of Children, Youth and Families (“OCYF”) has had extensive involvement with the family since 2016, when the juvenile court issued an emergency protective custody order removing the children from Mother’s care due to Mother’s mental health, homelessness, substance abuse, and domestic violence. The juvenile court initially adjudicated the children dependent on January 11, 2017, but within six months, it closed the dependency cases based upon Mother’s substantial compliance with the permanency plan and progress toward alleviating the underlying circumstances which necessitated the original placement. ____________________________________________ 1 The orphans’ court also terminated the parental rights of J.E.L., the individual that Mother identified as the father of Ja.L and Jo.L. Although J.E.L. participated in the evidentiary hearing, he did not appeal the order terminating his parental rights. 2 This Court consolidated Mother’s appeals sua sponte. 3 J.B.’s father, A.B., died on May 19, 2015. -2- J-A15013-22 The orphan’s court succinctly summarized the ensuing history as follows: Less than two years after the initial case closed, Mother and her children again came to the attention of OCYF. The children were removed from Mother for a second time on February 3, 2019, via an Emergency Protective Custody Order. OCYF Caseworker, Tiffany Haten, testified that this removal occurred when Mother “called 911 several times asking the police to come to her home to party” during the Super Bowl. [N].T. 11/19/21 at 32-[3]3. Ms. Haten testified that when the police arrived, “Mother was highly intoxicated and her responses to the police went from flirtatious to combative.” Mother refused to allow the …
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