In re P.B. CA4/2

STATEMENT OF THE CASE AND FACTS

Mother and father are the parents of six children. On September 4, 2012, a 1 Welfare and Institutions Code section 300 petition was filed: R. was 10 years old, J. was 2 7 years old; P. was 2 years old; S. was 22 months old; and A. was 9 months old. The

petition alleged that the children came within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court under

section 300, subdivision (b).

Mother and father were not married but resided together since the children were

born. Father is not the biological father of S., but he considered himself to be the father

and his name was on S.’s birth certificate. Mother stated that she does not know the

biological father’s personal information. Both parents apparently had developmental

delays.

On August 22, 2012, a social worker interviewed the family after the Department

of Public Social Services (Department) received numerous referrals about the family.

The children were appropriately dressed but the clothes were dirty and the three youngest

had chronic runny noses that had not been cleaned. The children appeared as if they had

not been bathed for days. The children had no marks or bruises.

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