In re Savanah H. CA2/5
On July 11, 2014, the Department filed an amended section 300 petition that alleged, as later amended and sustained, that father M.M. physically abused then two-year-old Savanah and threatened to kill her, and mother failed to protect the child from father’s abuse. The petition further alleged mother and father had a history of engaging in violent altercations in Savanah’s presence—all of the identified conduct concerned father’s domestic abuse of mother—and mother failed to protect the child from the domestic abuse. Finally, the petition alleged that father had a history of mental and emotional problems that rendered him incapable of providing Savanah with regular care and supervision and mother knew of father’s condition but failed to protect the child.
The Department’s May 27, 2014, Detention Report stated, “The Indian Child Welfare Act does not apply per . . . mother . . . on 05/09/14.” Mother had “mild retardation with complications of a brain disorder.”
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