In re K.C. CA1/4

I. BACKGROUND

In March 2024, the Agency filed a section 300 petition on behalf of four siblings: 11-year-old Key.C., nine-year-old Kel.C., six-year-old Ka.C., and two-year-old O.C. The Agency alleged that their mother (who is not a party to this appeal) and father were physically abusing the children; that due to physical abuse, Ka.C. had attempted to harm himself; that the parents had left the children alone for long periods of time with little or no food; that mother repeatedly gave them marijuana and alcohol when they lived in Florida, before they moved to California in September 2023; and that mother and father exposed the children to their domestic violence.

2 On February 25, 2025, the Agency filed an amended petition, adding a

“no provision for support” allegation under section 300, subdivision (g),

2 The Agency indicated that it had questioned mother and father and had reason to believe the children might be Indian, having been told the children’s mother, maternal grandparents, or maternal great-grandparents are or were members of the Cherokee, Blackfoot, or unknown tribes. The children were removed from parents’ physical custody on March 6, 2024. In a March 11, 2024…