The church did not contest this accusation and Tramel admitted to the abuse.

Then she turned her attention to Tramel, who had been in the bathtub that night and had seen his younger brother die.

Before getting Dahquay and Tramel back, she completed weeks of training in being a parent.

And she plans to ask a Brooklyn judge on Monday to name her as Tramel's guardian.

At one point, her boyfriend stepped into the bathroom and saw Tramel but not Dahquay, the prosecutors said.

In March 2006, Schwarzenegger reversed his decision and paroled Tramel.

Dahquay died while in a bathtub with his half-brother, Tramel Vaughn, then 3.

Tramel returned home shortly thereafter.

Ms. Vaughan was placed on probation for not seeking immediate medical care for Tramel.

Even as Tramel was taken from the home, though, Ms. Vaughn gave birth to Dahquay.

Tyrone Gillians is currently serving a four-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to an assault against Tramel last year.

In March, Ms. Vaughn pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment of Tramel.

The Administration for Children's Services, which had custody of Tramel again yesterday, did not offer any details of their dealings with the family.

But among a shrine of teddy bears were smiling pictures of Dahquay, who was 1, and his 3-year-old half-brother, Tramel.

Mr. Gillians, despite the order of protection, had been allowed to baby-sit for Tramel, and tried to clean him under scalding water, the authorities said.

"They weren't just worried about us being on the job; they were honestly concerned about our well-being as people," Mr. Tramel said.

Berry Tramel of The Oklahoman wrote that "David Holt tells us how we got here."

Ms. Vaughn was undergoing drug testing as part of her probation for reckless endangerment in the case of Tramel's scalding.

It was Sunday evening, prosecutors said, when Ms. Vaughn placed Dahquay in the tub beside Tramel.

One of her cousins, Latisha Bond, who briefly cared for the children, has said the agency returned Dahquay and Tramel to their mother too soon.

After a short break from the computer industry, he formed a new company named Tramel Technology, Ltd., in order to design and sell a next-generation home computer.

Immediately upon his parole, Tramel began serving as an assistant pastor at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Berkeley, California.

According to reviewer Peter Tramel, his effort culminates in arguments for universal impermanence, continuous deterministic causality, and utilitarianism.

Child welfare workers had visited the home once every other week since March, when Ms. Vaughn was reunited with Dahquay and his brother, 3-year-old Tramel.

Mr. Gillians was babysitting Tramel on May 26, 2004, and placed the boy under scalding water because he had diarrhea and soiled himself.