In re Ollie M. CA1/3

BACKGROUND

Proceedings Prior to Declaration of Dependency Mother filed a prior unsuccessful appeal from the dispositional order declaring Ollie a dependent of the juvenile court and removing him from the custody of his parents. (In re Ollie M. (Dec. 11, 2024, A169982) [nonpub. opn.] (Ollie I).) Ollie I contains a detailed account of the facts and proceedings that culminated in the disposition order, which we summarize here. In October 2023, Napa County Health and Human Services (the department) filed a petition on behalf of six-month-old Ollie, alleging that he faced a substantial risk of physical harm due to intimate partner violence between mother and Ollie’s father, Erik M. (father). (§ 300, subdivision (b)(1) (section 300(b)(1))). Department reports described incidents when both parents engaged in physical violence against each other and against the maternal grandparents. (Subsequent references to grandparents are to Ollie’s maternal grandparents.) The most recent incident occurred in August 2023. Fortunately, mother had called grandfather to pick up Ollie before she was injured during the altercation with father. According to the police report, father was suspected of…