In re M.G. CA2/8

FACTS

M.G. was born in October 2021 and detained from both parents in June 2022. In August 2022, the juvenile court sustained allegations that the parents had a history of engaging in domestic violence, including in the child’s presence; they knowingly violated court orders by entering the caregiver’s (paternal grandmother’s) home, engaging in a violent physical altercation with her and abducting the child; father failed to protect the child, knowing of mother’s mental and emotional problems; and father had a history of mental and emotional problems including erratic behaviors, aggression, and explosive anger, making him incapable of providing regular care for M.G. A.K.G. was born a month later, in September 2022, and was detained from both parents in November 2022; similar

2 allegations to those just described were sustained in February 2023. Plaintiff was incarcerated for robbery in March 2023. The two dependency cases proceeded on the same hearing dates. Thus, the juvenile court sustained the allegations concerning A.K.G. and removed him from his parents, ordering reunification services, on February 7, 2023, and on the same day held the six-month status review hearing (Welf.…