In re K.C. CA2/3

STATEMENT OF FACTS AND PROCEDURE

K. was born in 2001 and R. was born in 2002 to father2 and R.M. (mother), who were married. Parents were divorced in 2008. The family had an extensive history with Department of Children and Family Services (Department). There were 20 child abuse or neglect referrals spanning 12 years. The family had a voluntary family maintenance case under Department supervision in 2004-2005 due to father’s emotional abuse of the children. In 2008, father cracked mother’s head against a window. K. was injured when he stepped on a piece of the broken glass. In 2009, the children were made dependents of the court and placed in home of parent-mother under a plan of family maintenance due to, among other things, father’s striking them with a sandal, derogatory name-calling, and domestic violence, which caused the children to suffer post traumatic stress disorder3 and placed them at risk of physical harm inflicted non-accidentally and emotional harm. As father did not complete required services and the children were afraid of unmonitored visits, mother was granted full custody of the children when

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