In re M.C. CA2/8

Filed 10/25/24 In re M.C. CA2/8 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS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 EIGHT

In re M.C., a Person Coming B327739, B332142 Under the Juvenile Court Law. ______________________________ LOS ANGELES COUNTY Los Angeles County DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN Super. Ct. No. 22CCJP04814C AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

O.C.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEALS from orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Craig S. Barnes, Judge. Affirmed. David M. Yorton, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Dawyn R. Harrison, County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, and Brian Mahler, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. ___________________ A father appeals the juvenile court’s orders requiring the father’s visits with his daughter to be monitored. He argues it was an abuse of discretion for the court to do so because monitored visits are not in the best interests of his daughter and only serve to punish him for failing to participate in his case plan. We affirm. The court’s orders were proper in light of the father’s history of violence towards the mother. All statutory citations are to the Welfare and Institutions Code. I The daughter is M.C., who was born in November 2019. She lives with her mother, two older half-siblings, and maternal grandparents. M.C.’s mother and father had known each other for about 10 years, and were in a relationship for three years as of October 2022. They have never lived together and are not married, but agreed to co-parent M.C. The father would visit M.C. at the mother’s home every Monday, and the three would frequently go on an outing. On one Monday in October 2022, the mother decided not to join the outing, saying that she did not feel well. An argument ensued between the mother and father. The father spit on the mother’s face and grabbed her when she tried to walk away from him. The father turned the mother around and wrapped his arms around her neck to choke her for about six seconds. Her eyes rolled to the back of her head, but she did not lose