In re B.H. CA4/2

I. BACKGROUND

This appeal involves all six of mother’s children: J.M. (born Oct. 2013), S.M.

(born Nov. 2015), R.V. (born Aug. 2018), D.V. (born June 2019), G.H. (born May 2020)

and B.H. (born April 2022). The children each share a last name with their father, whom

we will call father M., father V., and father H. None of the fathers are parties in this

appeal.

A. Father H.

Mother and father H. married in October 2019, but separated in April 2023. Their

separation was triggered by an incident of domestic violence—the first in their

1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.

2 relationship, according to mother—where father H. destroyed property in the house (“the

whole house was messed up”) and he pushed her. Mother called police and father H. was

arrested. After the separation, by mutual agreement, mother had sole legal and physical

custody of G.H. and B.H., and father H. visited with them. Mother understood that,

during visits, father H.’s mother “would be at [father H’s] house supervising him with the

kids . . . .”

In June 2023, during a visit, father H. was arrested for driving under the influence

of alcohol with G.H. and B.H.…