In re M.I. CA2/2

Filed 3/24/22 In re M.I. CA2/2 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS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 M.I. et al., Persons B314906 Coming Under the Juvenile (Los Angeles County Super. Court Law. Ct. No. 21CCJP01315A-B)

LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

JOSE I.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from the orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Martha Matthews, Judge. Affirmed.

Paul Couenhoven, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Amir Pichvai for Plaintiff and Respondent.

****** Jose I. (father) appeals the juvenile court’s orders exerting jurisdiction over his two young children and removing them from his custody. Because the juvenile court’s orders are supported by substantial evidence, we affirm. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND I. Facts Father and Elizabeth M. (mother) met in 2014 when mother was 15 years old. They are not married, but have been a couple since 2016. Their relationship is tumultuous. Father is possessive of mother and engages in conduct aimed at controlling her: He worries when mother leaves the apartment they share without telling him where she is going, suspects mother is lying to him about her destinations, and sometimes takes mother’s keys or her cell phone away from her to prevent her from leaving. He would get upset when mother was “disobedient” to him. Mother and father had their first child, M.I., in December 2018. In February 2020, father got physical with mother. While they were doing laundry, and while M.I. was with them, father pushed mother to the ground, causing her to cut her lip. Father