In re T.B. CA2/1

BACKGROUND

Prior Dependency Proceedings DCFS and the juvenile court first became involved with this family in 1997 when Father and Mother’s first born son, T.B., was an infant. Mother was 16 years old when the juvenile court sustained counts in a dependency petition under section 300, subdivision (b), that (1) Mother was a minor and lacked the resources to provide for T.B., and (2) Mother used marijuana on at least two occasions. In June 1997, the court declared T.B. a dependent child. Mother failed to reunify with T.B., and the court appointed the maternal grandmother T.B.’s legal guardian. In 2001, the court terminated the legal guardianship and allowed Mother to regain care, custody and control of T.B. It is not clear from the record whether Father was involved with Mother and T.B. during this period. In January 2008, DCFS again became involved with this family. T.B. was 10 years old, and Father and Mother now had three more sons: Ju.B. (6), D.B. (4), and Jo.B. (2). In June 2008, the juvenile court sustained counts in a dependency petition under section 300, subdivision (b), that (1) Father and Mother engaged in violent altercations in the children’s presence, Father had…