In re A.P. CA4/2

INTRODUCTION

This is an appeal from jurisdictional and dispositional orders relating to a child,

A.P., who was four years old at the time of the dependency hearing. Mother, L.P., and

Father, N.P., are both medical doctors at Loma Linda University Medical Center

(LLUMC) who were involved in a family law custody matter that poured over into the

juvenile court. Mother applied in the family court for domestic violence restraining

orders against Father, but, after granting temporary orders, the final restraining order was

denied due to lack of evidence of any physical violence. The family court then ordered

joint custody with unsupervised visits for Father and Mother’s campaign to restrict his

contact with the child. Immediately after each unsupervised visit with Father, Mother

took the child, A.P., for medical examinations as soon as the child returned to Mother’s

residence, with an array of concerns not found to involve abuse or neglect, and even

requested welfare checks on the child while Father exercised visitation.

Mother complained that the child was displaying symptoms of trauma and

regressive behavior at medical appointments, which Mother suggested was an…