In re D.P. CA4/2

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On March 7, 2020, personnel from plaintiff and respondent, San Bernardino

County Children and Family Services (the department), received allegations that

mother’s eldest daughter, L.B., who was living at mother and father’s residence with the

children, threatened to break the reporting party’s window, tried to force entry into the

reporting party’s home, and indicated that she had a gun and was going to shoot the

reporting party.3 It was reported that D.P. was at the home during the incident, where he

Mother is the biological mother of K.V. and the biological, maternal grandmother of D.P. D.P.’s biological mother had been deported years earlier and his biological father had disappeared. D.P.’s biological mother “gave her consent for [D.P.] to remain with . . . mother until he is a legal adult . . . .” The juvenile court denied reunification services to D.P.’s biological parents and granted mother presumed mother status as to D.P. D.P.’s biological parents are not parties to the appeal. J.V. (father), the biological father of K.V., is not a party to the appeal.

On June 3, 2022, we incorporated the record from mother’s petition…