In re Andres R. CA4/2

BACKGROUND

I. Detention

Father’s one-year-old son, Andres R., came to DPSS’s attention in May 2022,

when Mother called law enforcement to report domestic violence. Mother reported that

Father put her in a headlock and choked her. She freed herself from the headlock and

tried to call law enforcement, but Father grabbed her phone and threw it. He then drove

off. Mother put Andres and his two half-siblings in her car, which contained only one car

seat, and chased Father’s car. She called law enforcement during that chase. Andres and

his half-siblings witnessed the altercation but were not injured.2 Mother refused an

emergency protective order.

The social worker went to the family’s hotel room the following day. The family

had been living at the hotel for two years. The front desk agent described Father as mean

and aggressive with staff. A hotel guest said that he heard screaming inside the family’s

room the night before and again that morning. The social worker heard voices and a

television inside the family’s room, but no one answered the door for over an hour, so the

Mother is not a party to this appeal, nor are the fathers of Andres’s half-siblings. 3…