In re E.S. CA2/3
At the outset of these proceedings, mother had sole legal and physical custody of her three children: Emma (age 14), Lucy (age 8), and Donna (age 6). The Department filed a petition under section 300, subdivisions (a) and (b), regarding the children in May 2020. The Department’s involvement with the family was triggered by a domestic violence incident between mother and her boyfriend, James V., in which mother kicked James out of the house. He attempted to reenter the house and mother used a pocketknife to cut him. James sustained a “big gash” on his right forearm. In June 2020, the court issued a stay-away order prohibiting James from having any contact with mother’s three children.
In July 2020, the court sustained the following jurisdictional allegations as to mother:
Count a-2: “The children[’s] mother … and [R.M., father of Lucy and Donna], have a history of engaging in violent altercations, in the children’s presence.
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