In re V.C. CA3

I. BACKGROUND

On August 1, 2007, the Placer County Department of Health and Human Services (Department) filed a petition pursuant to section 300, subdivisions (a), (b), (c), and (i) on behalf of V.C. (born in 2006), J.C. (born in 2007), and the minors’ half sibling T.G. (born in 1992). This petition alleged father physically abused V.C. and J.C., threatened to physically harm T.G., and engaged in acts of domestic violence against the mother in the minors’ presence. The juvenile court sustained the petition. In 2008, the juvenile court terminated its jurisdiction over V.C. and J.C. and ordered the parents share joint physical and joint legal custody of the minors. On July 23, 2020, the Department received a report from an anonymous caller stating father threatens to do sexual things to the minors when they did not do what they were told, he frequently punches them, and mother suffers from delusions and paranoia. After interviews with mother and the minors, the Department filed a second petition on behalf of V.C. and J.C. pursuant to section 300, subdivisions (a), (c), and (d). Under subdivision (a), the Department alleged father punched the minors in the head and face, hit them in…