In re M.M. CA2/4

BACKGROUND

Prior Incidents Mother and father have one child together, M., born in 2017. Mother has two older children, K.C. and M.C., from a prior relationship with their father, H.C.2 According to mother, she

All further statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code unless otherwise indicated. M. is the only child subject to this appeal. Mother is not a party to this appeal. We therefore include only limited details related to mother and the other children.

2 and father lived together with M., K.C., and M.C. from October 2017 to October 2018. Subsequently, mother lived with the children and father visited M. often. The family had several incidents investigated by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) prior to the events giving rise to the instant case. In April 2014, DCFS filed a dependency petition on behalf of K.C. and M.C., alleging a history of domestic violence between mother and H.C. The juvenile court terminated jurisdiction in April 2015 and awarded physical custody of K.C. and M.C. to mother. In July 2017, DCFS received a referral stating that mother (then pregnant with M.), father, K.C., and M.C. were in…