In re M.M. CA2/3

INTRODUCTION

G.M. (father) and J.L. (mother) appeal from an order finding dependency jurisdiction under Welfare & Institutions Code section 300, subdivisions (a) and (b), over their 18-month- old daughter (the minor).1 Father also challenges the order removing the minor from his custody. Substantial evidence supports the court’s jurisdictional finding on the basis of domestic violence between father and mother. The incident that brought the family to the attention of the Department of Children and Family Services (Department) was a confrontation between the parents in which father threw a large object against the wall, punched a wall, pinned mother up against a wall, and then slapped her in the face—all while mother was holding their infant daughter. That incident, as well as evidence that prior instances of domestic violence had occurred between mother and father, support the court’s adjudication and removal orders. Accordingly, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Mother and father live together and have one child together (the minor). When the family first came to the attention of the Department the minor was six months old.

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