In re Eli B. CA2/3

INTRODUCTION

David B. appeals from the disposition order of the juvenile court that removed his infant son Eli B. from his custody (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 361, subd. (c)).1 The Department of Children and Family Services (the Department) appeals challenging the court’s order denying the Department permission to file a first amended petition that named father (§ 300). We affirm the orders.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

1. The detention report and last minute information for the court dated March 13, 2013 Eli was born in late February 2013, with permanent pulmonary hypertension. The hospital placed a hold on the baby because of the failure of his mother, Nora B., to reunify with her older two children and possibly because of the inability of both of Eli’s parents to properly or safely care for the baby. Father had no permanent address and never knew where he would sleep from one night to the next. To care for the baby, father planned to move in with his mother in her one bedroom apartment in Calabasas. The paternal grandmother welcomed Eli, but without mother or father. The Department filed a petition alleging that mother has a history of being beaten by the father of Eli’s…