In re A.S. CA2/3

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

In re A.S., a Person Coming B301424 Under the Juvenile Court Law.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY (Los Angeles County DEPARTMENT OF Super. Ct. CHILDREN AND FAMILY No. 19CCJP04659A) SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

QUINCY S.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Lisa A. Brackelmanns, Judge Pro Tempore. Affirmed. Elizabeth C. Alexander, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Mary C. Wickham, County Counsel, Kristine P. Miles, Assistant County Counsel, and Jessica S. Mitchell, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. _____________________ Quincy S. (father) appeals from the order of the juvenile court taking jurisdiction over his teenaged daughter, A.S. Father contends that the evidence does not support the finding A.S. is a dependent of the court under Welfare and Institutions Code1 section 300, subdivision (b)(1). We affirm. BACKGROUND Father and mother never married and were not in a relationship when the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) received a referral about A.S. The child, who lives with mother, has an on and off relationship with father and had not seen him in three months when the incident occurred in May 2019. That day, A.S. was at the paternal grandmother’s house playing cards with paternal aunt when father arrived. A.S. refused to speak to father causing him to become upset that she was being disrespectful. The two exchanged words and then father “popped” his daughter in the mouth at least twice. Panicked, paternal aunt called mother to pick A.S. up. A.S. and paternal aunt were present when mother arrived. Paternal aunt described father as “looking for a fight.” Mother told father “not to put his fucking hands on my daughter,” to which father replied, “you’re not going to tell me what to do. I’ll beat your ass.” Father pushed mother and she stumbled