In re J.B.
Defendant and appellant, M.B., is the presumed father of J.B. who is the subject of a Welfare and Institutions Code section 300[1] petition that Riverside County Department of Public Social Services-Child Protective Services (CPS) filed shortly after J.B.'s birth. According to the social worker, J.B.'s mother K.F. (hereafter mother) while hospitalized after giving birth to J.B. reputedly asked for help to separate from M.B. (hereafter father) because he is violent. The dependency petition alleges jurisdiction under section 300, subdivision (b) based on acts of domestic violence father and mother committed in the presence of mother's five-year-old son, B.F.[2] With respect to father, the petition also alleges he abuses controlled substances, he has an extensive criminal history for possession of controlled substances, and he previously failed to reunify with his three other children after allegations of neglect and substance abuse resulting from his arrest on drug manufacturing charges were substantiated. Based on the noted allegations, the trial court detained J.B. and placed him in the custody of mother.
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