In re D.G. CA2/4

Filed 1/23/25 In re D.G. CA2/4 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.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 FOUR

In re D.G. et al., B336409

Persons Coming Under the Juvenile (Los Angeles County Court Law. Super. Ct. No. 23CCJP04453AB)

LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

S.G.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Nancy Ramirez, Judge. Affirmed. Liana Serobian, by appointment of the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Dawyn R. Harrison, County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, and Peter Ferrera, Principal Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

INTRODUCTION S.G. (father) appeals from the juvenile court’s jurisdictional findings and dispositional orders awarding S.G. (mother)1 sole physical custody of their children D.G. and L.G. Father argues the trial court’s findings were not supported by substantial evidence. We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Father and mother were married from 2008 to 2015; D.G. was born in 2010, and L.G. was born in 2013. Father filed for divorce in 2015, the divorce was finalized in 2017, and family law custody proceedings have recurred since then. As of 2019, father had primary physical custody of D.G. and L.G.

I. Referral On December 7, 2023, the Department of Children and Family Services (Department) received a hotline referral reporting that D.G. and L.G. had been abused by both father and their paternal grandmother, who lives with father. The report indicated father had placed D.G. in a chokehold in a store parking lot, slapped him, threatened to kill him, and kept a firearm in the house. The report also referred to several other incidents, some of which involved the paternal grandmother. A Department case worker and a police officer interviewed father, D.G., and L.G. the same day the referral was received. Father denied the allegations and blamed mother, claiming the report must have been a response to their family law disputes. D.G. confirmed the report and provided a picture of his hand where father had slapped him; he also reported that father had thrown a slipper at L.G. L.G. said she saw father put D.G. in