In re N.F. CA2/3

I. Facts

In 2019, DCFS received a referral indicating that father choked mother and hit her in the head. Mother reported that she fell while running away from father with N.F.’s half sibling, and the child sustained a black eye and a cut that required stitches and became a large scar. The referral was closed as inconclusive. While mother was pregnant with N.F., father was convicted of mayhem, and he went to prison before the child was born. He was released on parole in August of 2022. N.F. was two years old at the time. A restraining order prohibited father from contacting mother until November 15, 2022. Father and mother spent time together soon after father’s release, which father admitted was a violation of his parole. Mother let father stay at her home occasionally, but she kicked him out on or about November 25. On November 27, 2022, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) received a referral indicating that father and mother got into a violent

We grant respondent’s motion to augment the record on appeal to include the November 1, 2023 six-month status review report, which was filed with the juvenile court. (Cal. Rules of Court,…