In re J.A. CA3

BACKGROUND

On November 3, 2020, the Agency filed a petition alleging that Jo.A. (age three) and C.A. (age 15 months) came within the provisions of section 300, subdivision (b)(1), failure to protect, and section 300, subdivision (d), sexual abuse. The minors were detained pursuant to a protective custody warrant. The petition alleged that the minors were at risk of physical and sexual abuse because their father was a registered sex offender who had been accused of molesting multiple children, including the minors’ half sibling. The petition alleged that mother had failed to protect the minors because she was aware of the abuse but continued to live with father and allowed father to have contact with the minors. The parents and the minors lived in Washington until father’s conviction in California for contacting a minor, his daughter, with the intent of committing a sexual act. Following father’s conviction, mother moved to California with the minors to be with him because he was not allowed to return to Washington. The Agency became aware of father’s conviction about three weeks later.

2 In a November 3, 2020, detention report, the Agency reported that father had heard of…