Opinion ID: 1649129
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 13

Heading: Failure to Contact Clark

Text: Clark also contended that Shawna failed to follow the rehabilitation plan during reunification by not calling Clark before every doctor appointment. The juvenile court additionally found that Shawna had continued to take Shelby to other doctors without seeking Clark's permission. The case plan and court order for reunification are not part of this record. Clark testified that during reunification, Shawna was required to take Shelby to a new pediatrician, MacDonald, and no other doctor, and to contact Clark before and after appointments. Shawna was to allow only her sister to provide daycare. Nothing in the record suggests that during reunification, Shawna took Shelby to any other clinic besides MacDonald's office. Clark testified that Shawna sought emergency room treatment on four occasions. But the record shows that Shawna paged the family support worker on three of these occasions and that Shawna had been advised to take Shelby to the hospital by MacDonald's nursing service on the one occasion that she did not page the family support worker first. Although Shawna did not call Clark or the family support worker before every office visit with MacDonald, Clark did testify that Shawna had always called to report Shelby's symptoms after every visit, if not before. Clark testified that the purpose for this requirement was not to obtain Clark's permission to seek medical care, but to allow Clark to compare the symptoms Shawna reported to her to those Shawna reported to a doctor. So, Shawna substantially complied with the reporting requirement by usually contacting Clark or the family support worker before appointments and calling afterward if she could not reach either of them beforehand.