In re I.F. CA3

FACTS

The family consists of a father who sees his role as providing support for the family and a mother whose primary responsibility is caring for the four boys ranging in age from ten years to two years old. In October 2012 father reported mother was leaving the minors without supervision while mother claimed she was the victim of father’s domestic violence. The parents agreed to a safety plan requiring mother to leave the home and have her contact with the minors supervised by the grandparents. Father filed for divorce and told the social worker mother was abusing prescription drugs. Mother did not leave the home because the parents reconciled, but, by December 2012, mother took the minors and went to live with the maternal grandparents after an argument with father over child support. In January 2013 the social worker spoke with father who said mother was not happy with the paternal relatives in the house so he told his relatives their supervision was no longer necessary. Father appeared more concerned about his relationship with the mother than about the minors’ welfare. In later conversations with the mother, the social worker learned there was a domestic violence incident…