In re A.C. CA1/5

BACKGROUND

On January 25, 2012, the Contra Costa County Children and Family Services Bureau (Bureau) filed a juvenile dependency petition alleging Minor, born in February

1 2010, was within the jurisdiction of the court under Welfare and Institutions Code, section 300, subdivision (b). The petition alleged Minor‟s mother, C.L. (Mother),1 placed Minor at risk of physical and/or emotional harm because Mother‟s boyfriend, J.C., was physically abusive. The Bureau‟s detention/jurisdiction report related allegations of domestic violence by J.C., but also stated that Mother had recanted the allegations. The Bureau conveyed information from a police report to the effect that Mother had dated and lived with J.C. for five years, and that Mother, J.C., and Minor had lived with J.C.‟s father for the past two and one-half years. On January 26, 2012, the juvenile court detained Minor. In February 2012, the Bureau filed an amended petition adding an allegation that Mother had failed to provide Minor adequate nutrition and medical treatment, resulting in Minor‟s failure to thrive. A March addendum report detailed the medical facts underlying the allegation. On March 29, the juvenile court…