In re I.R. CA2/8

Filed 1/30/25 In re I.R. CA2/8 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.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 EIGHT

In re I.R., a Person Coming Under B334599 the Juvenile Court Law.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY Los Angeles County DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN Super. Ct. No. 17LJJP00229C AND FAMILY SERVICES, Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

ROBERTO R.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Donald A. Buddle, Judge. Affirmed. Jesse McGowan, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Dawyn R. Harrison, County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, and Jessica S. Mitchell, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. ____________________

Father Roberto R. appeals the juvenile court’s decision to deny him services to reunify with minor I.R., pursuant to section 361.5, subdivision (b)(10) of the Welfare and Institutions Code.1 Because substantial evidence supports the court’s decision, we affirm. BACKGROUND Father shares I.R. (born 2015), with mother, D.T. Mother is not a party to this appeal. Father has another daughter, D.R. (born 2003), with a different mother. D.R. was the subject of prior dependency proceedings. Those began in 2008, after father and D.R.’s mother were arrested for possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. The juvenile court determined father used methamphetamine and had a history of drug abuse and arrests. It removed D.R. from father and ordered reunification services. Father failed to reunify with D.R. The court ordered legal guardianship for D.R. and appointed paternal grandmother her guardian. I.R. was also the subject of prior dependency proceedings. Those began in 2016, when I.R. was a newborn, based on mother’s history of alcohol abuse. Before I.R. was born, mother had crashed her car into a wall of a McDonald’s while drunk after leaving three of I.R.’s half siblings at the restaurant’s play area. There were no allegations against father. The juvenile court removed I.R. from mother and ordered her released to father with family maintenance services. The case terminated in 2017 with a family law order granting father sole legal and physical custody of I.R. and monitored visitation for mother. Father allowed