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background threatening to use a machete against law enforcement. Law enforcement told DCFS that Father sounded violent and mentally or emotionally unstable. Father fled the scene when he heard sirens. Mother told officers that Father had been violent with her on four or five occasions and that she had photographs of the bruises he had caused on her; she had not made a police report because she feared Father’s retaliation. DCFS concluded that the allegations of general neglect by Father were substantiated and a voluntary family maintenance case was opened. The family received services for a year. Mother participated minimally in recommended programs. Father was incarcerated and out of the home during this time. Father had an extensive criminal history, including felony convictions for possession of a controlled substance (2001), burglary (2005), sale of marijuana (2008),

2 making a criminal threat (2013), possession of a controlled substance (2013, 2014), reckless evasion of police (2014), and resisting an executive officer (2014). Maternal aunt Margarita R. volunteered to have the children placed with her. DCFS concluded that placement with Margarita R. was not in the best…