In re D.P. CA2/5

Filed 4/17/25 In re D.P. CA2/5 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS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 FIVE

In re D.P. et al., Persons Coming B336318 Under the Juvenile Court Law.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY (Los Angeles County DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN Super. Ct. AND FAMILY SERVICES, No. 22CCJP04769A-C)

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

E.P.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Pete R. Navarro, Temporary Judge. Dismissed. Suzanne Davidson, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Dawyn R. Harrison, County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, Navid Nakhjavani, Principal Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

E.P. (father) appeals from the juvenile court’s order for monitored visits at a 12-month review hearing under Welfare and Institutions Code, section 366.21, subdivision (f),1 with his three children, D.P. (born November 2013), J.P. (born August 2015), and Ju.P. (born January 2018) (collectively, minors). Because the juvenile court subsequently terminated jurisdiction over the matter and entered letters of guardianship, we dismiss father’s appeal as moot.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

This appeal follows two prior appeals where father unsuccessfully sought to challenge the juvenile court’s jurisdiction and disposition orders (In re D.P. (Nov. 16, 2023, B326267) [dismissal order under In re Phoenix H. (2009) 47 Cal.4th 835]) and an order that minors remain removed from father’s custody at the six-month review hearing (In re D.P. (Oct. 30, 2024, B331753) [nonpub. opn.]). Our unpublished opinion affirming the court’s orders at the six-month review hearing contains a thorough review of the family’s history, as well as father’s relationship and interactions with respondent Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (Department) and with all three children for the first six months of the dependency proceeding. Rather than repeating the information, we incorporate our prior opinion by reference.