In re J.B. CA4/1

BACKGROUND

A. Incidents Precipitating Detention. Mother and Father are the parents of J.B. They were in a romantic relationship for two years before J.B. was born.

Further statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code unless otherwise stated.

2 In May 2018, while Mother was pregnant with J.B., the parents engaged in an argument and Mother ran outside for some air. Father ran after her, grabbed her right arm and her hair, and spun her around. She fell and sustained lacerations. She was taken to the hospital for monitoring. Father was arrested and the criminal court issued a “no negative contact” domestic violence restraining order against Father. Although Mother initially moved out of their shared home, she told a judge that Father did not touch her and she moved back in with Father. The criminal court ordered Father to attend a 52-weeek domestic violence program. Three months later, Father violated the terms of the restraining order when he threw a car seat through a bedroom window of their home while

Mother was feeding newborn J.B. nearby.2 Father was under the influence at the time of the incident. Mother was smoking marijuana and drinking while…