In re D.T. CA2/8

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION EIGHT

In re D.T., a Person Coming Under the B245996 Juvenile Court Law.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY (Los Angeles County DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND Super. Ct. No. CK27502) FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

DONALD T.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Veronica McBeth, Judge. Dismissed in part, affirmed in part.

Linda Rehm, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

John F. Krattli, County Counsel, James M. Owens, Assistant County Counsel, William D. Thetford, Deputy County Counsel for Plaintiff and Respondent.

__________________________ Donald T. (father) appeals from the order declaring his three-year-old daughter, D.T., a person described by Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivisions (a) and (b).1 Father contends (1) the evidence is insufficient to support jurisdiction based on father’s history of illicit drug use and a single incident of domestic violence which occurred two years before the hearing and (2) the evidence is insufficient to support the finding that removal from father’s custody was the only means to protect D.T. within the meaning of section 361, subdivision (c)(1). Because father’s contentions, even if accepted, would not justify reversal of the jurisdictional order, which was also based on mother’s conduct, we dismiss father’s appeal from the jurisdiction order. We affirm the disposition order.