In re Javon C. CA2/2

Filed 9/16/14 In re Javon C. CA2/2 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule 8.1115(b). This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION TWO

In re JAVON C., a Person Coming Under B255161 the Juvenile Court Law. (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. CK77404)

LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

JUSTIN C.,

Defendant and Appellant.

TO THE COURT:* Justin C. (father) appeals from the juvenile court’s order terminating parental rights over his son Javon C. (minor) pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section

* BOREN, P. J., ASHMANN-GERST, J., and FERNS, J.†

† Judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court, assigned by the Chief Justice pursuant to article VI, section 6 of the California Constitution.

366.26. 1 We dismiss the appeal pursuant to In re Sade C. (1996) 13 Cal.4th 952, 994 because father has not raised any arguable issues on appeal. FACTS The minor was born in December 2006. From February 2007 to January 2008, father was given family reunification services and family maintenance services in connection with the minor’s half-brother, Korey C. (Korey). A court granted father custody of Korey and terminated the case with a Family Law Order.2 The Department of Children and Family Services (Department) received a referral regarding an incident on October 14, 2011. While the minor was riding on a bus with his mother J.E. (mother) and father, father hit the minor in the mouth when he asked for a snack. It caused his lip to bleed. A social worker interviewed the minor and Korey. They stated that they lived with father and mother, that father regularly hit them, and that mother “never says anything[.]” When Father was interviewed, he denied hitting or grabbing the minor. Instead, father claimed he put his arm in front of the minor to prevent him from falling off his seat when the bus came to a stop. Mother was also interviewed. She disclosed that she had been arrested for shoplifting and child endangerment, she had been diagnosed with depression and taking anti-depressants for 15 years, and she had been hospitalized for suicidal ideation when she was 17 years old. Mother denied that father hit the minor. According to her, father grabbed the minor by the shirt and told him to “calm down and act right on the bus” after he whined for a snack. Both father and mother suggested that the minor had caused his lip to bleed by biting it. Contrary to what the children said, father and mother denied that the two of them were residing in the same household.