In re B.T. CA3

I. BACKGROUND

A. Initial Dependency Proceedings On August 19, 2019, the Department filed a petition alleging the minor, then eight years old, was described pursuant to section 300, subdivision (b), in that, L.C., mother of the minor, failed to protect her and her siblings by engaging in domestic violence with her husband in the presence of the minor and her siblings. On the same date, the Department filed a request to place B.T. and her siblings into protective custody due to the ongoing domestic violence in the home, which was granted. On August 21, 2019, the Department filed a detention report requesting that the juvenile court order out-of-home placement of B.T. pending the jurisdiction/disposition hearing. B.T. reported seeing her stepfather choke mother when she was present. Father was contacted and reported he had concerns as he had not heard from mother since approximately August 5, 2019. Father stated he saw B.T. approximately two to three times per month and he spoke with her by telephone or text message regularly. On August 21, 2019, the juvenile court found father to be the provisionally presumed father of B.T. and her sibling A.T. On August 27, 2019, the juvenile…