In re A.M. CA2/5

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

I. Facts

Mother and father are from Guatemala, where they met before moving to the United States in 2006. They have been married since 2017, and speak only Spanish. They have four children together, Angel (born April 2008), Ashley (born October 2011), Angela (born July 2015), and Sharon (born August 2022). Mother has one other child, Marvin (April 2021), who father thought was his son until mother called that into doubt, and a DNA test revealed he was not.1 Mother is not employed, and father drives for ridesharing services. Neither parent physically disciplines the children. Mother has no criminal history, and father’s criminal history

Because father does not challenge any orders as they relate to Marvin M., we dismiss the appeal insofar as it concerns this child.

2 includes a DUI and driving without a license in 2008 and 2009. Father has not drank alcohol since 2009. In 2007, father and mother got into an argument at a family party, and father pushed mother, grabbed her hand, and hurt her finger. Thirteen years later, in April 2020, father and mother got into an argument in the car, and father slapped her with the back of his hand in…