In re Jayden D. CA2/2

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

I. Facts

Jayden was born in October 2018 to mother and Brandon D. (father). Father has been incarcerated since Jayden was born. Most recently, father was charged with murder and with manufacturing a weapon while in custody. Father denies the murder charge, but admits that he made a makeshift knife. In 2020, mother started dating and, along with Jayden, started living with another man, H.H. H.H. was on felony probation in September 2017. In March 2021, a judge issued arrest warrants for mother and H.H., and a search warrant for mother’s house. In issuing these warrants, the judge found probable cause to believe that mother drove H.H. and three other members of the 62 Harvard

2 Park Brims street gang to a liquor store, where H.H. got out and fired his weapon. Mother subsequently admitted that she was present at the location of the shooting, that she was seated in the driver’s seat, that other people were in the car with her, and that shots were fired; however, mother denied that she had been driving, that she knew her year-long boyfriend was a gang member, or that she had any idea anyone would be there to engage in violence. H.H. was charged…