In re Enrique R. CA2/8

Filed 11/13/23 In re Enrique R. CA2/8 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.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 ENRIQUE R., JR., et al., B325172 Persons Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. LOS ANGELES COUNTY Los Angeles County DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN Super. Ct. No. 19CCJP04635E-H AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

MARISSA E.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Lisa A. Brackelmanns, Commissioner. Affirmed. Janet H. Saalfield, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Freeman Mathis & Gary and Christian E. Foy Nagy for Plaintiff and Respondent. ____________________

Appellant Marissa E. is the mother of Enrique R., Jr., Gabriel R., and Dolores R., whose father is Enrique R., Sr. (R. father), and of Annabelle S., whose father is Omar S. (S. father). Neither father is a party to this appeal. Mother appeals from the juvenile court’s jurisdictional and dispositional orders as to all four children. We affirm. BACKGROUND The referral prompting the current proceedings followed a July 2022 act of violence perpetrated by a man named Brandon H. against mother and the three R. children. Mother was the initial target of the attack, but Brandon turned on the children when they stepped in to protect mother. Mother and all three children sustained significant injuries in the attack. Mother had been in a domestic relationship with Brandon for several years prior to the attack during which there were many incidents of domestic violence. Mother claimed the relationship ended in November 2021, three months after she obtained a restraining order against him. But documented incidents of domestic violence continued even after the relationship purportedly ended. Brandon came to mother’s apartment in February 2022 to discuss reconciliation and choked her when she asked him to leave. In April 2022, Brandon and mother were in her bedroom arguing about their relationship when Brandon became violent and then attempted to hang himself. Police responded to two calls from mother in May 2022 concerning Brandon’s violations of the restraining order. But there was evidence mother also allowed Brandon to have contact with the family during that time. For example, on May 8, when Anthony texted “Hungry,” mother responded “[Brandon]’s gonna