In re Vanessa C. CA2/7
Jovanni and his girlfriend, Vanessa R., were living with their children, J.F. and V.F., and Vanessa’s 13-year-old daughter (by another father), V.C., when in February 2021 the Department filed a section 300 petition alleging juvenile court jurisdiction over J.F. and V.F. In identical counts pleaded under section 300, subdivisions (a) and (b)(1), the Department alleged Jovanni and Vanessa had “a history of engaging in physical and verbal altercations in the presence of the children.” More specifically, the Department alleged: On one occasion, Vanessa pushed Jovanni in the presence of V.C.; on another occasion, Vanessa pulled Jovanni’s beard; on another occasion, Vanessa elbowed Jovanni in the mouth, bruising his lip; in V.C.’s presence Jovanni threatened to take the children from Vanessa; on multiple occasions law enforcement responded to Jovanni and Vanessa’s home because of altercations; and these physical and verbal altercations between Jovanni and Vanessa endangered the
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