M.G. and T.S. v. Superior Court CA1/2

BACKGROUND

Original Petition On August 2, 2019, the Contra Costa County Children and Family Services Bureau (Bureau) filed a petition under section 300, subdivision (b) with respect to then three-year-old A.G. It alleged that father, mother’s former pimp, had a history of domestic violence with mother; the parents continued to violate a then standing restraining order protecting mother and A.G. from father; both parents struggled with substance abuse; father had a firearm, ammunition, and methamphetamine that was accessible to A.G.; and father had a fire in his bedroom while A.G. was in his care. As detailed in the Bureau’s detention report, police responded to father’s residence in June based on a report that a fire had broken out in his bedroom while A.G. was in his care. The police discovered a firearm, ammunition, and methamphetamine, which were all accessible to A.G. Father was arrested, and A.G. was detained and placed in mother’s home. The Bureau also reported mother and father began dating in 2012, and mother had worked as a prostitute from some time in 2017 to approximately January 2019 under father’s direction. At the time of the report, a restraining order had been…