In re Amelia M. CA2/5

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

I. Facts

A. The family Father and C.T. (mother) were together for four years, and have two children—Amelia M. (born April 2019) and Areli M. (born August 2022).1 B. Father engages in domestic violence On October 23, 2023, after mother and father had ended their romantic relationship, father stopped by mother’s home where mother lived with Amelia and Areli. Father and mother got into a verbal argument. The argument escalated into physical violence when father pushed mother, choked her, punched her so hard she fell to the floor, and then repeatedly

While father was in a relationship with mother, father was also married to another woman with whom he had already had three children. Those three children are subject to a separate dependency proceeding that is not part of this appeal.

2 slammed a door into her prone body. When father picked up Amelia, mother got up, went to her car, and called 911; when father saw her on the phone, he mouthed the words, “You’re dead” and pantomimed slitting her throat. Both children were home during the incident, and Amelia was close enough to be able to describe the choking and punching. Mother had…