In re S.B. CA2/7

Filed 9/14/20 In re S.B. CA2/7 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS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 SEVEN

In re S.B., a Person Coming B302933 Under the Juvenile Court Law. (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. 19CCJP05954A)

LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

TITUS H.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Sabina A. Helton, Judge. Affirmed. Johanna R. Shargel, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant Titus H.

Mary C. Wickham, County Counsel, Kristine P. Miles, Assistant County Counsel, and Veronica Randazzo, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. _________________________________

Titus H., the presumed father of now-one-year-old S.B., appeals the jurisdiction finding and disposition order declaring S.B. a dependent child of the juvenile court, removing S.B. from Titus’s custody and ordering monitored visitation, counseling and drug testing for Titus. On appeal Titus argues the court’s jurisdiction finding he had engaged in domestic violence was not supported by substantial evidence. He also contends the court abused its discretion by failing to terminate dependency jurisdiction at the conclusion of the combined jurisdiction/disposition hearing. We affirm. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND 1. The Initial and Amended Dependency Petitions On September 12, 2019 the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (Department) filed a petition pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivisions (a) (serious physical harm) and (b) (failure to protect)1 on behalf of S.B. alleging Titus and S.B.’s mother, Ariyel B., had engaged in a violent altercation during which Titus choked Ariyel, pulled her hair and bit her arm. An amended petition filed October 24, 2019 added an allegation Titus had a history of abusing, and was a current abuser of, marijuana, which put S.B. at substantial risk of serious physical harm.