C.People

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

I. Initial October 2014 Petitions and Detention Orders

On October 28, 2014, the Department filed three separate petitions alleging that the minors came within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court pursuant to subdivisions (a), (b), and (d) of section 300. In the petitions concerning I.P. and E.N., the Department also alleged that subdivision (g) of section 300 applied. The Department alleged,2 among other things, that J.L. physically disciplined the minors by striking I.P. and E.N., and as recently as October 20, 2014, had struck I.P. in the face and caused her to sustain injuries. J.L. had also “sexually abused [I.P.], including grabbing her breasts, and touching her buttocks and vagina. The child sustained injuries due to the abuse and her struggle to get away from [J.L.].” Mother also physically disciplined the minors by throwing objects at them, hitting E.N. with a spoon, and pulling I.P.’s hair. At the jurisdictional/dispositional hearing on January 30, 2015, discussed in detail, post, the court on its own motion amended the petitions to conform to proof. The amendments concerned the allegations under subdivision (d) of section 300, and…