In re Kevin H. CA2/3

BACKGROUND

I. The family’s history of domestic violence, detention, and

petition The family consists of mother, father, and their son, Kevin (born February 2017). Mother and father have a history of domestic violence. In April 2018, father hit mother during an argument about his infidelity. Mother reported to the police that father had a gun and hit her. In October 2018, father was driving with mother and Kevin. Father and mother argued, and father began pulling mother’s hair and punching her face. Father slowed the car while on a freeway on-ramp, and when mother opened the door to get out, father pushed her, causing her to fall. Father sped off with Kevin. An officer saw swelling and bruises on mother’s face and scrapes on her knees and elbows. An investigation was opened as a result of the incident and closed as substantiated for general neglect as to father. In February 2019, mother hit father, causing a one-inch laceration to his lip. In November 2019, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) received a report that mother had hit father on the head with a dog leash in Kevin’s presence. A few days later, father went to mother’s home, broke…