In re T.G. CA6

I. BACKGROUND

Appellant is the father of four children. At the time dependency proceedings were initiated in August 2020, he and the children had been living with E.H. (the mother of his youngest child) and E.H.’s two older children for about four years. (We refer to appellant’s three older children as the “G children,” and to E.H.’s two older children as the “B children.”) The Department filed petitions on behalf of the G children alleging jurisdiction under Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivisions (a), (b), (c), (i), and (j). The Department alleged appellant struck 10-year-old E.G. with a belt; appellant was charged with child abuse and a criminal protective order was issued protecting E.H. from appellant; appellant physically disciplined the other G children in the home; E.H. did not intervene to stop the discipline; the G children were exposed to violence in the home; the G children’s mother (K.R.) and her partner had physically abused the G children while in her care; and K.R. suffered from untreated substance abuse placing the children at risk in her care. Petitions were also filed on behalf of the B children alleging jurisdiction under Welfare and…