In re Kamila E. CA2/2

BACKGROUND

Detention and Welfare & Institutions Code section 300 petition On January 8, 2020, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (the Department) received a referral alleging that half-sibling Justin (born 2008)2 reported that father touched him inappropriately on his buttocks and genital area and had done so for many years. Justin had disclosed the inappropriate touching to mother the previous week. Mother told the responding social worker that Justin and Kamila live with her. Father did not live in the home but visited

Mother is not a party to this appeal. Justin is not a subject of this appeal.

2 with the children every Saturday and on occasional weekdays. The parents ended their relationship three years earlier. Mother said that Justin’s biological father had no contact with them since Justin’s birth and his whereabouts were unknown. Justin believed father was his biological father, but father was Kamila’s biological father only. Neither child was the subject of a family law custody order. Mother said that Justin was quiet and appeared sad when father visited the home on December 28, 2019. After father left, Justin told mother he…