In re Ramona J. CA2/1

BACKGROUND

Dependency proceedings commenced in July 2021 when Ramona was one month old. Mother, who is not a party to the current appeal, was born in 1994 and has three children. Mother’s children X.G. and M.G. were dependents of the juvenile court at the time the proceedings involving Ramona commenced.

1 With respect to Ramona’s half siblings, the juvenile court sustained a petition that their father (father G.) had an unresolved substance abuse history and that mother and father G. have a history of domestic violence. In connection with the prior case, mother completed a 52-week domestic violence program and participated in six months of individual therapy. The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family

2 Father, also born in 1994, has a criminal history including an arrest for possession of controlled substances while incarcerated.2 Father reported that he was incarcerated from 2014 through 2018, but did not identify the reason for his incarceration. Although the record is not a model of clarity, it appears the criminal court sentenced father to three years in prison for second degree robbery and one year for assault. When social workers interviewed father during…