In re Mia G. CA2/6

Facts and Procedural History Alicia G. (mother) and Carl are the biological parents of Mia who was born in Hawaii in 2003. Carl is listed as the father on Mia's birth certificate. After Mia was born, mother agreed that Carl could visit Mia, which he did regularly. Carl started out with supervised visits, and as Mia got older, the visits were unsupervised and included overnight and weekend visits at Carl's home. On September 24, 2004, the Family Court of Hawaii entered a judgment of paternity against Carl and ordered child support and supervised visits. In 2006 mother, Mia, and the maternal grandparents moved to Santa Maria. Mother married appellant. They had a child together, Kylie, born in 2009. After Kylie was born, appellant became physically abusive and sexually assaulted mother when mother discovered that appellant was addicted to online pornography. Mother tried to protect the children and gave Mia a cell phone to call the police if there was fighting. In October 2012, Carl was arrested for assault of mother with a deadly weapon. Mother divorced appellant in April 2013, about the same time appellant violated a no-contact order and was arrested for sexual assault.…