In re V.V. CA2/5
V.V. was born in August 2008; D.V. was born in December 2009. The events that led to the dependency orders challenged in this appeal began in May 2018.
A teacher at V.V.’s school reported to the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (the Department) that V.V. disclosed an uncle had been sexually abusing her for years. V.V. discussed the abuse in detail with a Department social worker. V.V. said she mentioned the abuse to D.V. about a year earlier, but D.V. could not recall what she told him. V.V. did not believe anyone else in the home was aware of the abuse, and she had not reported it to any adults because her uncle threatened to “break the house down” and she was worried she would get in trouble.
The children told a Department social worker they lived with Father, their maternal grandmother, and two uncles. The grandmother cared for the children, and V.V. said she is “everything to [them]. She’s [their] mom, dad, gramma and grandpa.
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