In re J.B. CA2/5

I. BACKGROUND

A. The Dependency Proceedings Through Jurisdiction and Disposition We described the pertinent background facts, from initiation of dependency proceedings through the juvenile court’s disposition order, in resolving a prior appeal involving the children. (In re J.B. (Nov. 29, 2021, B310364) [nonpub. opn.].) We reproduce much of that background here and then describe what has happened since.

1. Overview of the dependency allegations Mother has six children: Jay. B. (Jay), born in 2008; Joh. B. (Joh), born in 2009; Jor. B. (Jor), born in 2011; Jah. B. (Jah), born in 2014; Jou. H. (Jou), born in 2017; and Jan. H. (Jan), born in 2019. Jay, Joh, and Jor’s father is D.P.; Jah’s father is A.B.; and Jou and Jan’s father is S.H. Mother was in a relationship with S.H. when dependency proceedings commenced and for at least a time afterward. This case involves multiple dependency petitions—including subsequent and supplemental petitions—

2 filed between 2018 and 2020, which all culminated in adjudication and disposition hearings in January 2021. At the January 2021 adjudication hearing, the operative petitions included a first amended Welfare and Institutions Code1…