In re F.L. CA2/8
In July 2016, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (Department) filed a petition pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, alleging domestic violence between L.M.P. (mother) and M.L. (father), substance abuse by mother, and sexual abuse by both parents of the couple’s twin girls, H.L. and F.L. At the contested jurisdictional hearing that took place over several weeks in May and June 2017, the Department moved, pursuant to section 350, subdivision (c), to dismiss the dependency petition in its entirety. Counsel for H.L. and F.L., joined by mother, objected to the dismissal of the sexual abuse allegations against father. The court, without objection from any party, dismissed the domestic violence allegations and all allegations against mother. Minors presented evidence in support of the court’s continuing jurisdiction with respect to the allegations of sexual abuse by father.
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