In re D.R. CA2/8

Filed 4/29/15 In re D.R. CA2/8 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.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 EIGHT

In re D.R. et al., Persons Coming Under the B257862 Juvenile Court Law.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY (Los Angeles County DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND Super. Ct. No. DK05101) FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

DANNY R.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Veronica McBeth, Judge. Affirmed.

Jack A. Love, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Mark J. Saladino, County Counsel, Dawyn R. Harrison, Assistant County Counsel, Aileen Wong, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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Danny R. (father) challenges a dependency court order asserting jurisdiction over his children, Dav. R., Diego R., and DaS. R. Father contends substantial evidence did not support the court’s jurisdictional findings based on his conduct. We affirm the jurisdictional and dispositional orders. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Mother and father divorced in 2010. Mother had full custody of Dav. and twins Diego and DaS.1 In May 2014, a child support hearing was held in a family law court at father’s request. The court concluded that since Dav. had been living with the paternal grandmother, for purposes of child support, father would be acknowledged as having 80 percent physical custody of Dav., and 10 percent custody of the twins. Father was also permitted to remove Dav. from the paternal grandmother’s home. The court ordered mother to pay father $13 per month in child support. According to mother, although she tried to present evidence that she had been financially supporting Dav., “the judge did not want to hear anything she had to say.” Mother asserted she did not want father to have custody of Dav. because father was violent. The same day of the family law proceeding, mother went to police in Glendora to report father’s physical abuse of Dav. in December 2013. Dav. told police and the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) that on December 25, 2013, father became angry because the twins were “horsing around.” Father slapped DaS. on the face numerous times, continuing even after DaS. fell to the floor. Dav. (the older teenage sister), got in between DaS. and father. She then ran into another room because she knew father would “come after her.” Father followed her, pulled her hair, slapped her several times, and punched her twice with a closed fist. She fell to the ground. After father told her to get up, he again slapped her and pulled her hair. Father’s fiancée tried to intervene. Father hit Dav. on the leg with a broom. As a result of father’s beating, Dav. sustained a black eye. She took