In re Nathalie G. CA2/2

BACKGROUND

Detention and Welfare and Institutions Code1 section 300 petition On November 26, 2019, the juvenile court issued an order authorizing the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (the Department) to remove Nathalie from the parents based on allegations of domestic violence and substance abuse. The Department could not place Nathalie with the maternal grandmother because of the maternal grandmother’s admitted criminal history. Father provided no information for

1 All further statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code, unless stated otherwise.

2 possible placement with paternal relatives, and Nathalie was placed in the same foster home where she remains today. The Department filed a section 300 petition on December 3, 2019, alleging the parents had a history of engaging in violent altercations in Nathalie’s presence, and both parents had histories of substance abuse and were current users of amphetamine, methamphetamine, and marijuana. An Indian child inquiry attachment ICWA-010A form that accompanied the section 300 petition indicated that ICWA inquiries were made and that Nathalie had no known Indian ancestry. The form…