In re Janessa A. CA2/4
After Janessa was born in February 2021, the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) filed a 14-count petition on behalf of the child under Welfare and Institutions Code section 300. In the petition, DCFS alleged that Janessa was at risk of suffering serious physical harm based on father’s current marijuana use and history of substance abuse, and based on sustained findings in a prior dependency proceeding in which mother’s children and Janessa’s older half-siblings (Miguel L. Jr., Makaila L., and Leonel L.) were declared dependents of the court. In the prior dependency case, the court found that mother had physically abused Miguel, Makaila, and Leonel; failed to make appropriate plans for the three children; placed Leonel in an endangering home environment; and allowed an “unidentified male companion” later identified as father to use marijuana inside the family home.
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