In re N.T. CA2/4

BACKGROUND

Mother and father were in a romantic relationship from 2004 to 2010, which produced their children N. (date of birth Feb. 2007) and Kai (date of birth June 2009). Mother has a third child, 14-year-old Shane M. (date of birth March 2000), from a previous relationship.2 At a Super Bowl Party in February 2014, father head butted mother, inflicting a two-inch gash to her forehead. As a result of that incident, the children came to the attention of the Los Angeles County Department of Children Services (DCFS). In the course of its investigation, DCFS also learned that in 2001, when he was 15 years old, father was arrested for misdemeanor indecent exposure for an incident in which he allegedly showed his penis to two female classmates. It

1 All undesignated section references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code. 2 Shane and his father, Raymond M., are not parties to this appeal.

2 further learned that 2005, when he was 18, he was convicted of a felony violation of Penal Code section 647.6 (annoying or molesting a child under the age of 14). As a result of that conviction, he was required to register as a sex offender under Penal Code section 290. DCFS filed a filed a…