In re I.D. CA2/1

BACKGROUND

Mother and father were not married.2 They dated for four years and lived together on and off during that time period. They had two children—I.D. and Y.D. Mother had a third child from a different relationship. Father is I.D. and Y.D.’s presumed father. Both mother and father have a dependency history from childhood. Mother’s history as a juvenile resulted from maternal grandmother’s substance abuse. Father was removed from his paternal grandmother, but DCFS was unable to locate any additional information. Mother also had a prior dependency history as a parent involving her eldest child, the children’s half sibling.3 DCFS initiated an investigation in 2019 for domestic violence involving mother and father. Mother had called law enforcement after father allegedly pushed mother into a wall, causing her to hit her head. According to mother, father pushed her after mother asked father to “stop mocking” I.D. DCFS reported that father would be charged with domestic battery and simple assault, but the record does not show that the People either charged or convicted him. It appears that DCFS’s involvement in the 2019 case ended when mother stated she would move out of the home…