In re Christian C. CA1/1

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL

BACKGROUND

Christian was born in Mexico and moved to the United States in 2005, when he was eight years old. Since then, he has lived with his mother in San Leandro. Christian’s father lives in Mexico, but they have never had a significant relationship, and Christian does not have many memories of him. His father has never supported him physically, financially, or emotionally, and Christian has had only minimal phone contact with him. Christian’s father has expressed no interest in providing for Christian, and if Christian were returned to Mexico he would have no home to go to, and he would be “totally unsupervised.” Christian came to the attention of the juvenile court when he was 16 and a wardship petition was filed against him on October 1, 2013, alleging he committed battery against his mother and punched holes in the wall at their home. Christian admitted an allegation that he committed misdemeanor vandalism (Pen. Code, § 594, subd. (b)(2)(A)), he was adjudged a ward of the court, and the juvenile court placed him on probation and released him to the care of his mother. Christian was accused of committing various other violations, and his wardship…