In re S.C. CA2/2

Filed 1/7/26 In re S.C. CA2/2 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS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 TWO

In re S.C. et al., Persons Coming B344582 Under the Juvenile Court Law. LOS ANGELES COUNTY (Los Angeles County DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN Super. Ct. No. 23CCJP04373A-F) AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

E.C., Sr.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Craig S. Barnes, Judge. Affirmed. Lauren K. Johnson, 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. ____________________

This is an appeal from the juvenile court’s order sustaining a single count as to Father, E.C., Sr., under Welfare and Institutions Code1 section 387. The juvenile court dismissed the other three counts as to Father and left his six children in his custody.2 Concluding that the evidence was sufficient to support the single finding made as to Father, we affirm. BACKGROUND Mother and Father have six children together.3 Between 2015 and 2023, the family received nine referrals in various jurisdictions for physical and emotional abuse and general neglect. All of them were deemed unfounded or inconclusive. Another referral was made in October 2023 alleging general neglect. The reporting party found multiple children unattended and in dangerous conditions around their apartment. One child was naked outside the home. The apartment also had a chemical odor, the oven was open, and one of the children was turning the oven controls. Neither Mother nor Father was home. After some investigation, in December 2023 the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (Department) filed a petition pursuant to section 300, subdivision (b) regarding all six children. Count b-1 alleged the parents placed the children in a detrimental and endangering