In re Sofia M. CA2/2

BACKGROUND

Dependency Petition On October 17, 2023, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) filed a dependency petition seeking the juvenile court’s exercise of jurisdiction over

Mother is not a party to this appeal. We refer to father and mother, collectively, as the parents.

2 minor and her half-sister, J.R. (born June 2019),2 pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivisions (a) (nonaccidental serious physical harm) and (b)(1) (failure to protect).3 Counts a-1 and b-1 alleged that the parents had a history of engaging in violent altercations in the presence of minor and J.R. Adjudication Hearing At the adjudication hearing held on January 16, 2024, the juvenile court sustained the counts alleged in the petition. The court declared minor a dependent under section 300, subdivisions (a) and (b)(1), and removed her from father’s custody. The court placed minor in mother’s home under DCFS supervision. Father was granted monitored visitation and ordered to participate in a 52-week domestic violence class for perpetrators, a parenting class, and individual counseling. Appeal Father filed a timely notice of appeal from the…