In re N.D. CA2/3

STATEMENT OF FACTS AND PROCEDURE

N. was born to mother and S.D. (father) in 2010. Mother and father separated a month after N. was born. Mother had an extensive history of being in relationships that involved domestic violence. When she was growing up, her father hit her mother on a daily basis and inflicted emotional abuse. Mother thought domestic violence in families was normal. 2 All the men with whom she had children abused her. The father of her first two children hit her in the eye, causing a significant injury. Mother’s parental rights to her third child were terminated in 2008, as a result of domestic violence, mother’s failure to protect the child, and mother’s failure to participate in court-ordered services. In 2010, mother began a relationship with E.H. (E.) which involved weekly domestic abuse and violence in N.’s presence. Frequently enraged, E. pushed, punched, kicked, and choked mother, including when mother was holding N. in her arms, and he pulled mother’s hair with both hands. He told mother he would kill her if she left him. At times when E. choked her, mother lost her hearing and her vision was blurred. N. would tell E. not to hit mother and would place…