In re R.L. CA3

BACKGROUND

Mother has four children, Jir.Q., Y.L., N.L., and R.L.,3 with two different fathers, Brian L. and Bradly C. 4 Brian L. (father), the presumed father of Y.L., N.L., and R.L., and mother (sometimes collectively referred to as the parents) had an on-again, off-again relationship. Mother has a long history of referrals to Child Protective Services (CPS) concerning her care of the children. At the beginning of April 2019, the Department received a report that N.L. had two large purple bruises on her upper arm areas, but she said she did not know how she got the bruises. A social worker interviewed N.L. at school, and N.L. reported that she lived with both her parents and that they disciplined her by “time out whooping’s [sic]” with a computer cord; they also struck her siblings with the computer cord, although not

Further undesignated statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code. 3 When the petition was filed in 2019, Jir.Q. was nine years old, Y.L. was seven years old, N.L. was six years old, and R.L. was two years old. Brian L. was declared the presumed father of Y.L., N.L., and R.L. Bradly C. was found to be the adjudicated and biological father…