In re Adrian D. CA2/5

STATEMENT OF FACTS AND PROCEDURE

Mother and father first met when mother was 16 and father was 19, and they became involved about three years later. Father was on parole for gun possession when he was charged with attempted murder. He was held in custody for two years until he was acquitted. Adrian was a year old when father was released. After father’s release, mother and father intermittently lived with father’s parents in Los Angeles, and then in Chicago for about six months when Adrian was two years old. Various incidents of domestic violence took place between mother and father during the time they lived together in Los Angeles and Chicago, but Adrian was not present during any of the incidents. Mother reported that she called the police after father “backhanded” her, but there were no charges because she had not suffered any injuries. He also pulled her by the hair in Chicago. Adrian’s maternal aunt reported that father

1 Thecourt granted father presumed father status at the adjudication hearing. He is presumed father to Adrian D. only, and does not have any relationship to the two other minors involved in this case.

2All further statutory references are to the Welfare…