R.M.

I. BACKGROUND

R.M. and Mother first met in elementary school. They met again when she was seven months pregnant with E.S. E.S. was born in January 2013 in Southern California. R.M. started dating Mother when E.S. was between three and seventh months old. This is when he first met E.S. E.S.’s first birthday party was at R.M.’s mother’s house. R.M. was also present for E.S.’s second, third, and fourth birthday parties. R.M. and Mother married in September 2014. They had two other children together during their marriage. They held themselves out as a family and did not identify E.S. as a stepchild. During the relationship and marriage, R.M. lived and primarily worked in Southern California, and Mother lived primarily in Northern California. R.M. would come to Northern California regularly and stay with Mother and the children. Mother and the children stayed with R.M. in Southern California on a few occasions. Mother and R.M. separated in 2017. In January 2019, R.M. filed a petition pursuant to section 7630 to establish a parental relationship with E.S. In February 2019, J.S. signed a declaration of paternity with respect to E.S. and first met her in person. No paternity testing was…