San Diego Cnty. Health & Human Servs. Agency v. T.B. (In re D.B.)

*323 T.B. and L.B. appeal findings and orders adjudicating their younger son a dependent of the juvenile court under Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivision (j), 1 and removing him from their custody under section 361, subdivision (c)(1). They do not challenge findings and orders under sections 300, subdivision (a) and 361, made on behalf of their older son, Jordan, who suffered serious injuries as a result of the parents' routine practice of hitting him with a belt as punishment. We affirm.

*56 FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

T.B. and L.B. have two sons, six-year-old Jordan, 2 and two-year-old D.B. On January 28, 2018, when Jordan arrived at school, his teacher noticed he was limping badly and blood was seeping through his jeans. Jordan said his right leg hurt "all the way up." Examinations revealed numerous linear marks, mainly on his right thigh, in different stages of healing. In many areas, *324 the marks had scabbed over. He had a two-inch scar on his middle back. Jordan's skin was broken in some places and he was bleeding. Jordan was wearing a shirt held together by a safety pin and it appeared that his hair had not been recently groomed. He refused to…