John A. v. Superior Court CA1/2

STATEMENT OF THE CASE AND FACTS

The San Francisco Human Services Agency (Agency) filed a juvenile dependency petition (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 300)1 on May 19, 2014, alleging that then two-year-old

1 Further statutory references will be to the Welfare and Institutions Code unless otherwise specified.

1 Giovanna A. came within the provisions of section 300, subdivisions (b), (d), and (j). As subsequently amended, the petition alleged that the parents’ relationship involved domestic violence; that the child had been physically abused by petitioner and verbally abused by both parents; that the mother’s history of domestic violence with petitioner, her untreated mental health issues (including a diagnosis of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia) and untreated substance abuse issues required assessment and treatment; that petitioner had an untreated anger management problem, evidenced by violence in a prior relationship, as well as with the mother and the child, and a criminal history reflecting violence and substance abuse; and that the parents’ older child had been provided a permanent plan of adoption.2 The Agency’s detention report described several reports of general neglect by the…