In re Jayce M. CA2/2

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

I. The Family

Jayce is the only child shared by mother and Justin M. (father).2 In August 2018, father received full physical and legal custody of Jayce. At the same time, father obtained a three-year restraining order protecting himself and Jayce from mother “after

All further statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code unless otherwise indicated.

Father is not a party to this appeal; our factual and procedural history excludes father’s involvement in the case except where necessary to provide context for mother’s appeal.

2 she violently attempted to take[] Jayce while he was in” father’s care.3 Accordingly, mother had no visitation with Jayce. In August 2019, mother was convicted of second degree robbery (Pen. Code, § 211) and sentenced to eight years in state prison. Her eligible parole date was initially set for October 2025, but the prison later reported that it had been pushed up to January 2025. In 2020, father and Jayce began living with father’s girlfriend and two of Jayce’s siblings.

II. Referral and Detention

On November 30, 2020, father called paramedics for Jayce, who had suffered severe…