In re Jayden G. CA2/8

Filed 12/2/20 In re Jayden G. CA2/8 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 8.1115(b). This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION EIGHT

In re Jayden G., a Person Coming B303873 Under the Juvenile Court Law. ______________________________ (Los Angeles County LOS ANGELES COUNTY Super. Ct. No. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN 19CCJP07021A) AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

SANDY G.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Sabina A. Helton, Judge. Affirmed. Daniel G. Rooney, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Mary C. Wickham, County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Acting Assistant County Counsel, and Jessica S. Mitchell, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

_______________________ We affirm the juvenile court’s order removing a child from his mother’s custody. I Sandy G. and Jonathan M. had a son named Jayden born in April of 2018. The mother and the father are not married but lived together in a place shared with Jayden’s parental grandfather and parental uncle. The mother had witnessed domestic violence as a child. In her relationship with the father, the mother repeatedly perpetrated domestic violence on him—repeatedly in the presence of their son. One incident involved the mother striking the father many times and pulling him off the bed. Another incident was on March 26, 2019. The mother got on top of the father and struck him several times with closed fists. She also brandished a knife. This was inside their apartment. Their son was in the apartment at the time. Another incident was on October 5, 2019. The father pushed the mother. The mother hit the father’s face and body. Then she hit him with a candlestick holder. She again brandished a knife. Her son watched her attack his father. Police arrested the mother for intimate partner battery. She was incarcerated but released within days when the charges were dropped. The Department of Children and Family Services learned of the October 5, 2019 episode. On October 21, 2019, the father told a social worker he was filing for a restraining order against the mother. He said the