In re D.G. CA2/2

Filed 5/28/21 In re D.G. CA2/2 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS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 TWO

In re D.G. et al., Persons Coming B308526 Under the Juvenile Court Law.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY (Los Angeles County Super. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN Ct. No. 20CCJP03167A-B) AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

S.M.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Stephen C. Marpet, Judge Pro Tempore. Affirmed. Elizabeth Klippi, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Rodrigo A. Castro-Silva, County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, and Aileen Wong, Senior Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

The juvenile court sustained a dependency petition against S.M. (Mother) and D.G., Jr. (Father). (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 300.)1 Father has not appealed. Mother challenges the jurisdictional findings against her. She admits that Father has been violent for years and tried to run her over with his car. She continued their relationship and her children witnessed recent altercations. The record supports a finding that the children are at risk of serious harm because Mother failed to protect them from domestic violence. We affirm. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY Mother and Father are the parents of D.G. (born in 2009) and D.G.’s sister (born in 2013) (Sister). Mother said the couple’s relationship ended in April 2019 but they continued sexual intimacy, which she acknowledged may have misled Father. Father said “it was unclear to him that the relationship had ended as Mother allowed him to reside in the home and he believes he was receiving ‘mixed messages.’ ” In 2017, D.G. told school staff that both parents hit him with a belt, leaving marks; Father “hit him with a belt really hard” when he was four. Father grabbed D.G. by the shirt and yelled at the eight-year-old to “get[ ] his life together,” nearly choking him. The parents denied corporal punishment and the child abuse referral was deemed unfounded. On May 27, 2020, police received a 911 call that “a lady needs help.”2 Officers found Mother with bruises on her neck, ribs, and arms. She said she and Father argued. When she tried