In re Anthony B. CA2/1

STATEMENT OF FACTS AND PROCEDURE

I. Petition

On May 7, 2013, the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services (“DCFS”) filed a section 300 petition (“Petition”) on behalf of Minors alleging that Mother and Father, Anthony B. (“Father”)2–who resides separately in Minnesota–had made an inappropriate plan for the Minors’ ongoing care and supervision by leaving them

1 Statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code unless otherwise indicated. 2 Father is not a party to this appeal.

2 in the care of an unrelated adult male, Michael R.–a resident of Glendale, California who has a history of eight convictions of sexual acts on children including sexual penetration of a minor and sex crime against a child. The Petition alleged that this inappropriate plan placed the Minors at risk of physical harm, damage and danger under section 300, subdivisions (b) and (d).

II. Detention Report

Also on May 7, 2013, DCFS filed a Detention Report stating that Minors were removed from Michael’s care on May 2, 2013, and had been placed in foster care. The Detention Report stated that Mother and Father had signed a notarized letter allowing Michael to care for the Minors…