In re M.P. CA1/2

BACKGROUND

The Prior Dependency Case M.Y. (mother) is the mother of M.P. and J.P. (the minors) and their older half sisters E.E. and N.E.; the minors’ father (father) is the stepfather

1 of E.E. and N.E.1 M.P. and J.P were six years old and three years old, respectively, when they were initially taken into protective custody by the Marin County Social Services Agency (Agency) due to their father’s sexual abuse of E.E. and mother’s failure to protect E.E. and her other children. A juvenile dependency petition was filed in July 2017, after then 14-year-old E.E. disclosed that father sexually abused her repeatedly when she was “between third and seventh grade,” including violent, forcible vaginal and anal penetration. When E.E. told mother about the abuse, mother blamed her, said she did not believe her, and continued to allow father to be with E.E. unsupervised. N.E., then 10 years old, disclosed an incident in which the father touched her groin area and she slapped his hand away, and later reported two incidents of molestation. N.E. also claimed that father repeatedly attempted to bribe her to allow him to touch or kiss her in a sexual manner, and said that she informed mother,…