A.J. v. Superior Court CA5
The children were removed from mother’s custody in October 2020 by the San Francisco County Human Services Agency (agency) after mother and J.S., father of the three younger children (father), engaged in domestic violence in the children’s presence. Mother struck father with a candle, a towel rack, and a wooden picture frame, causing injury. The children were crying and visibly upset. Then 10-year-old A.J. contacted the police and mother was arrested. The parents had a significant history of domestic violence. They also had untreated mental health and anger issues and father had an untreated substance abuse (alcohol) problem. The whereabouts of A.J.’s alleged father were initially unknown.
The agency filed a dependency petition alleging the children came within the juvenile court’s jurisdiction under section 300, subdivisions (b) (failure to protect) and (c) (serious emotional damage).
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