In re B.A. CA2/8

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION EIGHT

In re B.A., et al., Persons Coming B338955 Under the Juvenile Court Law. ______________________________ Los Angeles County LOS ANGELES COUNTY Super. Ct. No. 21CCJP00431B/C DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Petitioner and Respondent,

v.

R.A.,

Objector and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Nancy A. Ramirez, Judge. Affirmed. Suzanne Davidson, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Objector and Appellant. No appearance for Petitioner and Respondent.

A father appeals the juvenile court’s exit order denying him tie-breaking authority. We affirm. The mother and father are married and have two children together: daughter B.A., who was born in January 2021, and son L.A., who was born in March 2022. In an earlier dependency case from 2021, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services filed a petition on behalf of B.A., alleging repeated instances of physical violence between the mother and father and marijuana abuse by the father. Both the mother and the father have been arrested on separate occasions for assaulting the other. After about a year of family maintenance services, the court terminated jurisdiction and released B.A. to her parents in May 2022. Eight months later, in January 2023, the Department received another referral alleging domestic violence between the mother and the father. At that time, the family had been staying at a transitional housing program. According to the reporting party, the mother got upset when the father returned late from work. While the father was laying in bed, the mother threw a dirty diaper at him. The father threw the diaper back at the mother, and an argument ensued. When the mother tried to leave, the father pushed her onto the bed and put his hands around her neck. L.A. was in the room during the fight between his parents. Law enforcement officers arrested the father, and the mother obtained a temporary emergency protective order against him. A Department social worker spoke to the mother, who acknowledged a history of domestic violence between her and the father. The mother said she was worried about the father