In re I.P. CA3

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

Family Court Proceedings Mother (C.P.) filed for divorce from father in May 2022. In May 2023, a domestic violence restraining order (DVRO) was issued protecting mother from father, and in August 2023 a criminal protective order was issued. As of July 2024, mother had sole physical and legal custody of G.P. and I.P. (collectively, the minors); father’s access to medical and educational records and information was revoked, and he was granted limited visitation rights with the minors. Dependency Petition On August 9, 2024, the Department filed a juvenile dependency petition alleging 11-year-old G.P. and 10-year-old I.P. came within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court under section 300, subdivisions (b) and (c). The petition originally alleged that the minors suffered, or were at substantial risk of suffering, serious physical harm or illness due to mother’s willful or negligent failure to provide the minors with adequate medical and mental health care, and serious emotional damage as a result of mother’s conduct toward them and parental alienation of father.

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

2 On October…