In re Thomas C. CA1/2

BACKGROUND

On December 1, 2011, the Lake County Department of Social Services filed a section 300 dependency petition on behalf of Thomas and Lily, then two years old and

1 Further statutory citations are to the Welfare and Institutions Code unless indicated otherwise. 2 Father has not appealed from the juvenile court’s order on his own behalf.

1 six months old, respectively. The petition stated section 300, subdivision (b) allegations: (1) the parents failed to abide with a voluntary family maintenance case plan and safety interventions; (2) the parents missed medical appointments for Lily, who had been born prematurely and was “medically fragile”; (3) the parents had an “ongoing physically and emotionally abusive domestic violent relationship” that posed a threat of physical and emotional harm to the children; (4) Thomas exhibited unusually aggressive and violent behaviors due to his parents’ domestically violent relationship; (5) Mother was developmentally delayed, lacked “the basic knowledge related to parenting skills,” and was “incapable of providing adequate care and supervision” for Lily; (6) Mother had admitted shaking Lily in attempting to stop her crying; (7) Father…