In re J.H. CA3

I. BACKGROUND

Initial Dependency Proceedings On February 28, 2020, the Agency filed a petition under section 300 regarding the minor, J.H. (born December 2005) and her three younger half-siblings, I.H. (born September 2016), Av.H. (born October 2017), and Ar.H. (born May 2019). The presumptive father of all four children is father, the mother of J.H. is B.M., and the mother of the younger three children is A.S. The children were removed from father due to substance abuse and ongoing domestic violence in the home where they lived with father and A.S. The petition alleged failure to protect under section 300, subdivision (b) and abuse of a sibling under section 300, subdivision (j). J.H. had been residing with her father for the past three years after she was removed from the care of her mother, B.M., for physical abuse and substance abuse. In addition to the three younger children, father and A.S. have five other children who are not in their care, and a lengthy history of prior dependency cases. On February 23, 2020, A.S. was arrested for assaulting father, at which time she disclosed extensive domestic violence and drug use in the home. J.H. reported that A.S. hit father and…