In re Jenevieve D. CA2/7

INTRODUCTION

The juvenile court sustained counts in a petition by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services under Welfare & Institutions Code section 300, subdivision (b)(1), and declared Jenevieve D. and Isaiah D., who were six and five years old at the time, dependent children of the court. The juvenile court found the children’s parents, Jesse D. and Cindy N., created a detrimental and dangerous home environment by keeping unsecured, loaded firearms and magazines with ammunition in rooms that were accessible to the children. The court also found Jesse and Cindy had a history of domestic violence in the presence of the children. The court found Jesse’s possession of firearms in the home (and his convictions on gun charges) and violent conduct (including coming to the door with a gun when an FBI SWAT team arrived), Cindy’s failure to protect the children by allowing Jesse to live in the home, and the couple’s history of domestic violence placed the children at risk of serious physical harm. On July 12, 2023 the court removed Jenevieve and Isaiah from Jesse (who by then was incarcerated) and Cindy and ordered the parents to complete various programs and…