In re Dillon G. CA2/5

STATEMENT OF FACTS AND PROCEDURE

On January 6, 2010, the Department of Children and Family Services (Department) placed Dillon with maternal grandmother and filed a petition alleging jurisdiction under section 300, subdivision (a) and (b). The petition alleged Taylor G. (mother)3 and James endanger Dillon’s “physical and emotional health and safety and place[] [Dillon] at risk of physical and emotional harm and damage.” The petition stated that James is Dillon’s alleged father. At the detention hearing, the court found James the presumed father and a prima facie case had been established for detaining Dillon. The court placed Dillon in the temporary care and custody of the Department with reunification services for both mother and James.

1All further statutory references are to Welfare and Institutions Code, unless otherwise indicated.

James is not a party to this proceeding.

Mother is not a party to this proceeding.

2 On February 25, 2010, the Department filed an amended section 300 petition which included a change in James’s status from alleged father to biological father. At the hearing on the same day, the Department noted to the court that mother named James as…