In re I.C. CA4/2

FACTS

Defendant and appellant J.M. (mother) has seven children: J.M. (a boy born

2008); E.M. (a girl born 2009); N.M. (a girl born 2011); L.M (a girl born 2013); M.M (a

boy born 2014); R.C. (a girl born 2020); and I.C. (a girl born 2022). The three children at

issue in this appeal are R.C. and I.C., who are the biological children of defendant and

appellant F.C. (father), and their older half-sister L.M. According to mother, L.M.’s

alleged father, who is also the alleged father of M.M., has been deported and his 2 whereabouts are unknown.

1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code. 2 The alleged father of J.M. and E.M., as well as the alleged father of N.M., have also been deported and their whereabouts are unknown.

2 Father and mother “grew up together and are legally stepbrother and sister.” As of

2023, mother and father resided with five of mother’s seven children; N.M. and E.M.

lived with other family members. Mother, father, and the five children lived on a

property owned by mother’s father (maternal grandfather) and his wife, who is father’s

mother. A maternal aunt, a maternal uncle, and a paternal uncle also lived on…