In re V.P. CA2/2

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Father’s sons are V.P. (born in 2017) and V.P.’s older half sibling E., Jr. In 2016, Father was arrested for raping the mother of E., Jr.; she reported that the boy witnessed domestic violence. Dependency jurisdiction was exerted over E., Jr. from 2016 to 2019. The court terminated jurisdiction with a family law order giving Father physical custody of E., Jr., who is not named in the current petition. In 2019, Father was arrested for battery after he grabbed Mother’s hair, threw her on the floor and kicked her following an argument. Mother said Father attacked her in V.P.’s presence on prior occasions. He “would usually choke her, pull her hair and throw her to the ground.” No petition was filed in 2019 because there was no pattern of neglect or abuse of V.P.

1Undesignated statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code. Mother has not appealed the court’s findings.

2 Police were called on May 19, 2020, after Mother and Father fought. Father wrested Mother’s cell phone from her and threw it outside. He grabbed Mother by her hair and forearm and dragged her outside, some four or five feet, abrading her arm. Respondent Department of…