In re D.J. CA2/5

INTRODUCTION

Brittany K. (“mother”) is the mother of D.J., born in July of 2012. Derick J. (“father”) is the minor’s father. D.J. came to the attention of the juvenile court after he was hospitalized with severe injuries in various stages of healing. The injuries included traumatic brain injuries, several fractured ribs, detached retinas on both eyes, and a bruised liver and pancreas. When D.J. was admitted into the hospital on November 12, 2012, it was not known whether he would survive. He did survive, but he is severely disabled, with a very short projected life span, and never will ever be able to live an independent life. The juvenile court sustained a Welfare & Institutions1 Code section 300 petition pursuant to subdivisions (a), (b) and (e), alleging injuries consistent with inflicted trauma that would ordinarily not be sustained except as the result of deliberate, unreasonable, neglectful acts of the minor’s parents, and further alleging that the parents knew or reasonably should have known that the minor was being physically abused and failed to take action to protect him. The parents have not appealed from these findings. The court also dismissed a count pled pursuant…