In re A.V. CA2/5
The juvenile court declared three siblings, A.V., M.V., and D.V., dependents of the juvenile court, finding them at substantial risk for serious physical harm (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 300, subds. (a), (b)) based on a series of domestic violence incidents involving mother and her boyfriend. The juvenile court removed the children from mother’s custody and placed them with a paternal relative.
Mother’s appeal presents the following question: May the juvenile court sustain a dependency petition based on domestic violence and remove the children from mother’s custody where mother obtained a restraining order against the abusive boyfriend, but otherwise failed to cooperate with the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS)? On the record before us, the answer is yes.
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