In re Kyle G. CA2/1

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND3

On February 24, 2021, DCFS filed a petition asking the juvenile court to take dependency jurisdiction over Kyle. The petition alleged two counts pursuant to section 300, subdivisions (a) and (b)(1), both relating to Father’s physical abuse of Kyle. On April 6, 2021, DCFS filed an amended petition adding another count pursuant to section 300, subdivision (c), addressing Father’s emotional abuse. On June 9, 2021, in an interim review report, DCFS reported that Mother had consistently informed social workers and monitors that Kyle had a serious medical condition that could be affected by stress, causing visits with Father to be truncated when Kyle displayed outward signs of stress. However, Kyle’s medical providers subsequently informed DCFS that he was “a healthy child” and “does not have [a] serious medical condition that can place him at risk if he is under a lot of stress.” Although Mother had frequently reported episodes of chest pain, Kyle’s doctors had diagnosed him with precordial catch syndrome, a benign adolescent condition that can sometimes be

3We limit our discussion of the factual and procedural background to those facts and…