In re Nancy P. CA2/2

BACKGROUND

Section 300 petition and prior child welfare history On June 9, 2014, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (the Department) received a referral alleging that mother’s boyfriend Jose L., had sexually abused Nancy. On June 6, 2014, Jose approached Nancy and began touching her chest. Nancy asked him to stop, but Jose persisted. When Nancy moved away from him, Jose attempted to touch her leg. Later that evening, Nancy told mother what had happened, and mother evicted Jose from the family home. The family had a history with the Department that included a sustained petition under section 300, subdivision (b) that Nancy’s presumed father, Francisco P. (father), sexually abused Nancy and that mother failed to protect Nancy when she knew of the sexual abuse. Father was arrested and incarcerated, and mother received family preservation services. In February 2014, Nancy was hospitalized for self-cutting and expressing suicidal ideations. She told mother that mother’s boyfriend Jose, who resided in the family home, was a “bad person” and had touched her inappropriately and without her permission. The Department’s investigation of the February 2014…