In re Eb.D. CA4/2

BACKGROUND

I. Initial referral and investigation

The family came to the attention of San Bernardino County Children and Family

Services (CFS) in December 2022. CFS received an immediate response referral alleging

general neglect and physical and sexual abuse of father’s 15-year old child, Eb.D.

(daughter). Daughter had just moved in with father in September, after she ran away

from the home of her mother, V.C. (mother), where A.V. (stepfather), J.V. (step-uncle),

and daughter’s two younger half siblings also lived. Step-uncle lived with the family

several days per week between August 2020 and September 2022.

Daughter reported separately to a law enforcement officer and to a social worker

that the day before the referral she had a physical altercation with father. Father was

upset because of an email he had received from daughter’s school. When father arrived

home, he told daughter that there was no one home to protect her, because paternal

grandparents were not home. Father yelled at daughter and called her “‘a bitch.’” He

2 approached daughter with clenched fists and pushed her, causing daughter to fall onto the

couch. Daughter did not suffer any bruises or…