In re C.C. CA2/4

Filed 8/18/25 In re C.C. CA2/4 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS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 FOUR

In re C.C., a Person Coming B341290 Under the Juvenile Court Law. (Los Angeles County LOS ANGELES COUNTY Super. Ct. No. 24CCJP01500A) DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff,

v.

C.B.,

Defendant;

Co.C.,

Defendant and Respondent;

C.C., a Minor, etc.,

Appellant.

APPEAL from order of the Superior Court of the County of Los Angeles, D. Brett Bianco, Judge. Affirmed. Lelah S. Forrey-Baker, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Appellant. Jack A. Love, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Respondent.

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OPINION1 C.C. (born June 2010) appeals from the juvenile court’s dismissal of a dependency petition following a contested jurisdictional hearing. She argues that the dismissal order was not supported by substantial evidence and that the evidence compelled a true finding on the allegations of sexual abuse against her father, Co.C. (father). (§ 300, subd. (d).) We affirm.

BACKGROUND A. Referral, Investigation, and Dependency Petition In 2023, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) received reports that C.C. had been sexually abused by her father, but it closed the referrals as inconclusive. In February 2024, a caller reported that C.C. had brandished a knife at several students and was found in possession of a pornographic book, an empty bottle of an alcoholic