In re Amelia M. CA2/5

Filed 3/10/25 In re Amelia M. CA2/5 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION FIVE

In re Amelia M., et al., B337169 (Consolidated with Minors Coming Under the B339889) Juvenile Court Law, _____________________________ (Los Angeles County LOS ANGELES COUNTY Super. Ct. No. DEPARTMENT OF 23CMJP00007A-B) CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent

v.

Gilberto M.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Syna N. Dennis, Commissioner. Affirmed.

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Dawyn R. Harrison, County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, and Jessica S. Mitchell, Senior Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

David M. Thompson, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

****** In this dependency appeal, Gilberto M. (father) challenges the juvenile court’s order asserting dependency jurisdiction over two of his children. Substantial evidence supported the juvenile court’s decision, so we affirm. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND I. Facts A. The family Father and C.T. (mother) were together for four years, and have two children—Amelia M. (born April 2019) and Areli M. (born August 2022).1 B. Father engages in domestic violence On October 23, 2023, after mother and father had ended their romantic relationship, father stopped by mother’s home where mother lived with Amelia and Areli. Father and mother got into a verbal argument. The argument escalated into physical violence when father pushed mother, choked her, punched her so hard she fell to the floor, and then repeatedly