In re M.G.-L. CA1/4

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On June 9, 2022,2 mother reported that she was assaulted in a domestic violence incident with minor’s father, Tony L. (father). Minor, then only three months old, slept nearby in a crib and was unharmed. Mother ran upstairs to get away and call police. Although this event was the only domestic violence incident mother reported experiencing with this man, it arose against a history of domestic violence with previous partners and mother’s past substance abuse that resulted in over 25 prior child welfare referrals and dependency cases involving mother’s other children. Given this history, agency social workers had concerns about the infant minor’s exposure to violence, potential injury, or emotional harm.

1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions

Code. 2 All dates refer to the year 2022 unless otherwise noted.

2 The San Francisco Human Services Agency (agency) filed a section 300 petition seeking to detain minor from father. This became the agency’s second open case concerning mother’s children; the other active dependency case had been open for years and related to minor’s older half-sister (sister). Two weeks later,…