In re J.C. CA2/8

Filed 10/29/20 In re J.C. CA2/8 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.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 J.C., a Person Coming B305431 Under the Juvenile Court Law. LOS ANGELES COUNTY (Los Angeles County DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN Super. Ct. No. 20CCJP00261B) AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

JASON C.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Daniel Zeke Zeidler, Judge. Affirmed. Suzanne Davidson, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Mary C. Wickham, County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, and Sarah Vesecky, Senior Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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Father Jason C. appeals from the jurisdictional findings concerning the risks to his then two-year-old son, J.C., arising from his mental and emotional issues. He contends the dispositional orders must be reversed if the jurisdictional findings are reversed. Mother S.E. has not appealed the jurisdictional findings concerning her substance abuse. We find father’s jurisdictional challenge is nonjusticiable, and affirm the orders below. BACKGROUND Since this appeal is nonjusticiable, we describe briefly a few facts about this family. There have been several referrals concerning this family since 2017. The family most recently came to the attention of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (the Department) in September 2019, following a referral that mother and father were fighting in the presence of J.C. and his then 12-year-old half sister K.S., and that law enforcement was dispatched to the home. (K.S. has a different father, and she is not at issue in this appeal.) According to the reporting party, father has a history of verbally abusing K.S. When a social worker responded to K.S.’s school to investigate the referral, K.S. reported that she had kicked over father’s motorbike, and father told her he wanted to hit her. According to K.S., she pushed his motorbike because she was angry father spit on mother and accused mother of “hoeing around” after she and the children returned home late after visiting family. Father is controlling and calls mother names. Mother and father were arguing through the night, and K.S. was unable to sleep. She brought J.C. into her room to protect him. K.S. believed father was bipolar based on his erratic behavior. K.S. also told the social worker father smokes marijuana in the home. Mother admitted she and father sometimes argue in front of the children, and father calls mother names, is controlling, loud,