In re Sofia P. CA2/2

BACKGROUND

Jurisdiction and disposition In a previous nonpublished opinion, In re S.P. (Feb. 17, 2021, B305444), we affirmed the juvenile court’s orders establishing dependency jurisdiction over the children and removing them from father’s custody based on findings, under Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivisions (b), (d), and (j)2 that the children were at risk of harm because father sexually abused Sofia and mother knew of the sexual abuse but failed to protect the children. We summarize below the pertinent facts from our previous opinion.

Mother is not a party to this appeal. All further statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.

2 In November 2019, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (the Department) received a referral alleging sexual abuse of Sofia. According to the reporting party, the parents were attending a child custody mediation as part of their divorce proceedings when mother disclosed her belief that father had sexually abused Sofia in 2017. Mother told the investigating social worker that she and father had been separated for three years after mother learned that father had been having an…