In re G.A. CA4/2

BACKGROUND

I. Detention

In July 2022, Riverside County Department of Public Social Services (DPSS)

received a report from Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services,

stating that while G.A.’s paternal aunt was visiting G.A.’s paternal grandmother, Father

hit the paternal aunt during a physical altercation. The paternal aunt reported that Father,

Mother, and G.A. were living with the paternal grandmother, and the paternal aunt did

not know how long they had been there.1 The paternal aunt called the police, and the

parents left before the police arrived. G.A. was six months old at the time.

The following month, DPSS interviewed Mother at the maternal great-

grandmother’s home, where Mother was living. Mother said that she did not live with

Father and that neither she nor G.A. was involved in the incident between Father and the

paternal aunt. Mother denied current substance abuse but admitted that she had a history

of abusing substances. DPSS was unable to make contact with Father.

Later that month, DPSS received an immediate response referral alleging that the

parents had an argument about taking G.A. to the doctor. As Mother was leaving with

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