In re J.L. CA6

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. Petition and Detention (November 2021) 1. Petition and Allegations On November 16, 2021, the Agency filed a juvenile dependency petition alleging that six-year-old J.L. came within the juvenile court's jurisdiction because he had suffered, or was at substantial risk of suffering, serious physical harm “as a result of the failure or inability of his or her parent or legal guardian to supervise or protect the child

2 By separate order, the habeas corpus matter filed by Father in Case No. H052878 related to the same underlying juvenile case was summarily denied on May 2, 2025.

2 adequately.” (See § 300, subd. (b)(1).) The Agency alleged that on October 9, 2021, Father was reported to be heavily intoxicated at a local bar, while J.L. was sitting unsupervised in Father’s car parked outside the bar. Mother later arrived and observed J.L. alone in the car, then saw Father outside the bar. Mother reported that Father was intoxicated and arguing with Mother’s sister and her friend. Father then grabbed J.L. by the wrist and tried to pull him away from Mother. Father was subsequently arrested. The Agency additionally alleged that at…