In re G.F. CA2/8

FACTS

J.Y. (Mother) is the parent of five children: A.P. born in 1996; T.M. born in 1997; J.C. born in 2000; A.C. born in 2001; and G.F. born in 2006. The only child involved in the current appeal is G.F. Father is not the parent of any of Mother’s other children. In late 2013, Father was incarcerated, and all of the children lived with Mother. At that same time, Mother lived with J.C., Sr., the father of J.C. and A.C. In November 2013, the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) received a referral reporting that J.C., Sr. had sexually abused A.C. DCFS and the Los Angeles Police Department investigated the allegations. DCFS interviewed A.C. and the other children, including G.F., who stated that he had not been physically abused in the family home, and did not know about the alleged sexual abuse. In April 2014, DCFS filed a petition pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 300 on behalf of all five children.2 The dependency court detained the children, and ordered them to remain in Mother’s custody under DCFS’s supervision. Further, the court appointed counsel to represent Father, who, as noted above, was then incarcerated. On July 1, 2014, the…