J.G.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

L.G. was born in July 2011. Her brother, J.G., Jr., was born in January 2010. Prior dependency cases Since L.G.’s birth, the family has been involved in four separate dependency cases with sustained allegations. In June 2012, the juvenile court sustained a section 300 petition alleging that Father and G.B. (Mother) had a history of engaging in violent altercations in the children’s presence. Father and Mother complied with court orders and dependency jurisdiction was terminated in April 2014, with the parents granted joint legal and physical custody. A second case was initiated in 2016. In June of that year, the juvenile court sustained a section 300 petition alleging that L.G. and J.G., Jr. were subjected to ongoing incidents of domestic violence between Father and Mother, that Father drove a vehicle with the children while under the influence of alcohol, that Mother had a continuing history of methamphetamine abuse, and that Father was a current abuser of alcohol and had a criminal history of drug and

1 Further statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.

2 alcohol-related convictions. In December 2016, the court released the…