In re April A. CA2/2

Filed 11/7/24 In re April A. CA2/2 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS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 APRIL A. et al., Persons B335090 Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. 23CCJP02586)

LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

ALEXANDER A.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Lisa A. Brackelmanns, Judge Pro Tempore. Affirmed.

Janette Freeman Cochran, 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.

****** In this dependency appeal, father challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting jurisdiction over and removal of his six-year-old daughter from his custody. Because we conclude the evidence is sufficient to support the juvenile court’s findings, we affirm. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND I. Facts A. The family Kenia N. (mother) and Alexander A. (father) have a daughter, April A. (born April 2017). Mother and father are not together; pursuant to a family court order granting the parents joint legal and physical custody, April split her time equally between mother’s and father’s homes. B. The sexual abuse Father inappropriately touched and exposed himself to April while she was in his care. Once, after April finished using the restroom, father touched her vagina over her underpants, and said, “cool man.” He then left the room, but returned to touch her vagina again, this time over her pants. Another time, after father finished using the restroom, he approached April with his underpants around his knees and, while facing her with his penis exposed, inserted one of April’s troll doll toys “inside his butt.”