In re R.Y. CA4/2

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND 2

On April 5, 2019, personnel from plaintiff and respondent, the San Bernardino

County Children and Family Services (the department), received a referral alleging

physical abuse by mother and J.K. (boyfriend, collectively, the parents) to H.H. (born

Nov. 2005), general neglect by mother to R.Y. (minor, born Feb. 2007) and H.H.,

emotional abuse by mother to all the children, and emotional abuse by boyfriend to P.K.3

Boyfriend was alleged to be a chronic opioid user due to a back injury. He had stated on

multiple occasions that he wanted H.H. out of the house, and that H.H. was ruining their

family. The parents acknowledged that boyfriend had been trying to get H.H. arrested for

the past one-and-a-half years so that H.H. would be out of the house and the parents

would no longer be responsible for him.

H.H. said he was locked in his room “fulltime.” He said that as part of his

punishment, the parents did not send him to school. He reported sleeping on the floor

1 All further statutory references are to the Welfare and Intuitions Code unless otherwise stated.

2 By order dated December 23, 2022, we incorporated the record in In re…