In re E.M. CA2/1

BACKGROUND

Mother’s two children are E.M. (born in September 2016) and A.G. (born in July 2019). Father is A.G.’s presumed father and also has an older daughter, An.G., who was nine years old when the dependency proceedings commenced. An.G. is not the subject of the current appeal. E.M.’s biological father did not participate in the juvenile court proceedings and is not a party on appeal. A.G. was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a congenital condition affecting the development of the left side of his heart. In October 2019, A.G. required a gastronomy tube for feeding, and the next month he required an oxygen tube to increase his oxygen levels. These medical conditions, however, did not predispose A.G. to bone fractures. At the time the dependency proceedings commenced, mother, father, A.G., E.M., and An.G., lived with maternal grandmother. Mother worked during the day two or three days a week while father stayed home with the children.

1. Dr. Karen Kay Imagawa’s summary of A.G.’s medical records Dr. Karen Kay Imagawa, the director of the Audrey Hepburn CARES Center at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), provided a summary of A.G.’s medical records, which

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