In re T.F. CA2/8

Filed 12/23/25 In re T.F. CA2/8 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS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 EIGHT

In re T.F., et al., Persons Coming B338828 Under the Juvenile Court Law. ______________________________ Los Angeles County Superior LOS ANGELES COUNTY Court No. 20CCJP02369B-C DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

D.F.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Cathy J. Ostiller, Judge. Affirmed. Liana Serobian, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Dawyn R. Harrison, County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, and Jane Kwon, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

____________________ A mother of three small children was wanted as an accessory to murder. The primary murder suspect was the father of the youngest child. This father is M.S. The ensuing dependency case encompassed the incarcerated father of the two older children. This father is D.F. D.F. appeals the juvenile court’s jurisdictional and dispositional rulings, to the extent they concern him and his two children. We dismiss part of his appeal as moot and otherwise affirm. Code citations are to the Welfare and Institutions Code. I When this case began in February 2024, D.F.’s children were five and two. The jurisdiction report describes how the children came to the attention of the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services: “On 2/15/24, The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department Homicide Bureau in collaboration with the Federal Bureau of Investigation executed a dual search warrant to the home of the primary suspect/father, [M.S.]. Law enforcement arrested [M.S.] for a murder that occurred in Compton, CA . . . . In addition, law enforcement received information that [M.S.] left the firearm in his home or the home of his mother [ ]. Law enforcement executed the search warrants to recover the Glock that was used in the murder. Law enforcement discovered three minor children under the care of their paternal great grandmother [ ] who also resides in the home. Law enforcement reported the home is a known gang hang out spot. Law enforcement reported concerns for the children as paternal great grandmother was shot, in a separate incident, on her leg during a gang shooting outside of her home. The mother is currently on the run as there is a