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I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

On June 16, 2011, the children were referred to the San Francisco Human Services Agency (the Agency) after a domestic violence incident at parents‟ home. During the incident, parents engaged in a verbal and physical altercation which was witnessed by the children and during which mother punched M.P. II three or four times with a closed fist. Father called the police, who arrested mother.

1 All further statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.

1 On June 16, 2011, a section 300 petition was filed alleging that the children were at risk of serious physical harm as a result of the domestic violence incident and as a result of the failure or inability of parents to protect them given parents‟ history of recent and severe domestic violence. The petition further alleged that mother had a substance abuse history which included alcohol, methamphetamines, and crack cocaine, and a criminal history which included drug sales and possession and an anger management problem. The petition also alleged that father had an anger management problem and a criminal history including drug sales and possession. On June 20, 2011, the children were detained and…