In re O.B. CA2/6

FACTS

The child, O.B., came to the attention of the San Luis Obispo County Department of Social Services (DSS) when E.C. (Mother) got into a physical altercation with her boyfriend in O.B.’s presence. DSS filed a dependency petition pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code1 section 300, subdivision (b)(1) in September 2022 on behalf of then one-year old O.B. The juvenile court found jurisdiction, ordered O.B. into foster care and ordered services for Mother and Father. Mother and Father were never married, nor did they live together. Father has a severe problem regulating his behavior. Mother obtained multiple restraining orders against him, all of which he has violated. Father has harassed DSS workers and has been ordered to contact them only through his attorney. His behavior during a visit with O.B. to her pediatrician so traumatized the doctor and her staff, for days thereafter, that they asked he not attend future appointments. Father has also discussed the dependency case in O.B.’s presence, in spite of being ordered not to. DSS’s Section 387 Petition After O.B. had been placed in mother’s care, DSS filed a supplemental petition pursuant to section 387 in August 2023 to…