In re Nav. B. CA4/2

BACKGROUND

I. Family background

Mother and Father are married and have seven children: (1) Nav. B. (female, born

in May 2023); (2) Nia. B. (female, born in January 2021); (3) Nolan B. (male, born in

2017); (4) Nori B. (female, born in 2015); (5) Nala B. (female, born in 2008); (6) Niy. B.

(female, born in 2006); and (7) Anthony B. (male, born in 2003 or 2004). This appeal

involves only the four youngest children.

The parents have a history of domestic violence. Father was convicted of battery

in 2003 and spousal battery in 2008, and law enforcement responded to a report of

domestic violence in the home in 2014. In 2014, Mother reported that Father punched

her twice in the face and that she punched him in response. Father told San Bernardino

2 County Children and Family Services (CFS) that the last incident of domestic violence

occurred in 2003, after which he attended domestic violence classes.

II. Dependency history

The family has a recent dependency history. In March 2022, CFS responded to a

referral alleging that then-16-year-old Niy. and 13-year-old Nala reported that their 18-

year-old brother Anthony had sexually assaulted them. Nala told Mother that…