In re Jesse R. CA2/3

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

In re JESSE R., JR., et al., Persons Coming B255650 Under the Juvenile Court Law. (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. DK00355)

LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

JESSE R., SR.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Carlos E. Vasquez, Judge. Affirmed. Karen B. Stalter, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Mark J. Saladino, County Counsel, Dawyn R. Harrison, Assistant County Counsel, and William D. Thetford, Principal Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. _________________________

INTRODUCTION Jesse R., father of Jesse R., Jr. (age 14), J.R. (age 12), and Jimmy R. (age 8), appeals from the orders of the juvenile court removing the children from his custody (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 361, subd. (c))1 and transferring the case to Kern County, California. (§ 375.) We affirm. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND 1. The family When this dependency was initiated, the children lived with father and his wife, Beverly R., and their children Gloria R. and Kai R.2 The children’s mother, Angelica R., was living in Kern County. 2. Father’s history with Child Protective Services Father has extensive involvement with child welfare services. In 2008, the Kern County Juvenile Court declared the three children dependents because father physically abused them. The reunification plan required father to complete anger management and domestic violence classes, substance abuse counseling, and to undergo drug testing. Mother failed to reunify but the children were returned to father in December 2010. Less than a year later, child protective services in Kern County again detained the children from father, this time because he was smoking “posh,” aka, “spice.” The National Institute on Drug Abuse has designated five active chemicals most frequently found in “posh” or “spice” as Schedule I controlled substances, and so selling, buying, or possessing them is illegal.3 The drug causes seizures, increased blood pressure, vomiting, and disorientation. Father was giving the drug to Jesse and J.R. The court also found father was still physically disciplining the children by spanking them, hitting them on the