In re J.G.P. CA2/8

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION EIGHT

In re J.G.P. et al., Persons B326417 Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. LOS ANGELES COUNTY (Los Angeles County DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN Super. Ct. No. 22CCJP01679A-B) AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

JUAN P.,

Defendant and Appellant;

R.V.,

Respondent.

APPEAL from orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. D. Zeke Zeidler, Judge. Affirmed. Lillian Hamrick, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Dawyn R. Harrison, County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, and David Michael Miller, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. Megan Turkat Schirn, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Respondent R.V. ****** Juan P. (father) appeals from the juvenile court’s exit orders (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 364) granting legal and physical custody of his two minor sons to R.V. (mother). Father contends it was an abuse of discretion for the court to grant full custody to mother without considering whether a joint custody arrangement and additional visitation with father was in the best interests of the minor children. We affirm. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Father and mother divorced in 2020, before this dependency case was filed. In the final judgment of divorce, the family law court granted mother legal and physical custody of their two minor sons (J.G.P. and J.M.P.). Father was granted the right to reasonable visitation. Thereafter, mother began a relationship with J.C. and had a child with him. In May 2022, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (Department) filed this dependency proceeding pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivisions (a) and (b) based on allegations of domestic violence perpetrated by J.C. against mother. The court assumed jurisdiction of all three minors, released them to the home of mother, and found father was nonoffending. In the jurisdiction and disposition report, the Department reported mother was meeting the needs of the children and they