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BACKGROUND

Father and the Department have set out the complete history of the juvenile court proceedings in their briefs. A detailed summary of the factual background and proceedings through the disposition hearing also appears in our unpublished opinion affirming the juvenile court’s dispositional order.2 We repeat that history only when necessary to address the specific claims for extraordinary relief.

Statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code. See In re J.A. (Nov. 10, 2020, B304452) [nonpub. opn.].

2 In September 2019, father allowed mother access to his and J.A.’s home—in violation of an earlier juvenile court custody order requiring mother’s visits with J.A. be monitored.3 Mother threatened to break things with a sledgehammer in front of J.A. and to burn the house down. After the incident, father obtained a temporary restraining order against mother to protect J.A., but he failed to serve mother with the order.4 On November 15, 2019, the Department filed a section 300 petition on J.A.’s behalf, and the juvenile court detained him from parents. In December 2019, the Department began to suspect father might have an issue with drugs or…