In re D.N. CA2/8

Filed 9/25/20 In re D.N. CA2/8 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS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 EIGHT

In re D.N. et al., Persons Coming B299211 Under the Juvenile Court Law. ______________________________ (Los Angeles County LOS ANGELES COUNTY Super. Ct. No. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN 19CCJP01974A,B) AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

A.N., Sr.,

Defendant and Appellant;

E.P., Sr.,

Defendant and Respondent.

APPEAL from orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Brett Bianco, Judge. Affirmed.

Christopher Blake, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Mary C. Wickham, County Counsel, Kristine P. Miles, Assistant County Counsel, and Kim Nemoy, Principal Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. Jesse McGowan, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Respondent. _______________________ In this juvenile dependency appeal, Alejandro N. challenges two rulings: a paternity finding about a child, and a separate denial of reunification services. He has forfeited the first issue about paternity. On the second issue, the juvenile court had good reason to rule as it did. We affirm all around. I Confidentiality and anonymity are desirable in juvenile dependency actions, but can make it hard to describe clearly the actors in an appeal. That problem is acute here, for there are many actors, and generic labels conceal their memorable individuality. We balance the interests at stake, favoring the interest in confidentiality. But we regret the abstracted nature of the factual presentation that follows. A First, the people. This appeal involves three parties. The appellant is Alejandro N., whom the juvenile court declared the presumed father of two girls. The respondents are the Department of Children and Family Services and a man named Edgar P., who has been declared the presumed father of the younger of the two girls. Neither the mother nor the girls themselves are parties in this appeal.