In re A.M. CA2/8

FACTS

Father C.C. and mother N.M. have three children, A.M., born in 2016, El.M., born in 2018, and Er.M., born in 2019. The children were detained by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (Department), and in July 2020, the children were removed from father and released to mother, with monitored visitation for father. In September 2020, the court sustained allegations that father physically abused A.M. by striking the child with a belt, and that father and his female companion, D.J. (later his wife), had a history of domestic violence and of engaging in violent altercations in the presence of the children. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 300, subds. (a), (b) & (j); further undesignated statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.) The allegations described three different incidents in April and June 2020. Allegations that mother failed to protect the children were also sustained. Father was ordered to enroll in parenting classes, individual counseling, and a 52-week domestic violence program. Mother was ordered to participate in various family maintenance services.

2 In April 2021, the court found continued supervision to be necessary. In…