In re S.K. CA2/6

Filed 3/16/21 In re S.K. CA2/6 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.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 SIX

In re S.K., a Person Coming 2d Juv. No. B307188 Under the Juvenile Court Law. (Super. Ct. No. 20JD-00060) (San Luis Obispo County)

SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

C.K.,

Defendant and Appellant.

C.K. (Father) appeals jurisdictional and dispositional orders of the juvenile court following the filing of a Welfare and Institutions Code1 section 300, subdivision (b)(1) petition by the

All statutory references are to the Welfare and 1

Institutions Code.

San Luis Obispo County Department of Social Services (DSS). The court ruled Father’s daughter was a minor coming under the juvenile court law and it removed her from Father’s home. We conclude, among other things, that substantial evidence supports the court’s findings and orders. We affirm. FACTS S.K. is Father’s teenage daughter. She lived in Father’s home. Her mother (Mother) did not live there. Father is a military veteran and a large man. He knowns martial arts. S.K. reported that Father uses martial arts against her and “does moves on her that are ‘painful and annoying.’ ” On one occasion, when Father was drunk, he put her “in [a] choke hold[].” S.K. told DSS that Father began drinking alcohol “a lot,” beginning when she was in the sixth grade. She said Father physically abused her, starting when she was in the seventh grade. He used his fists to “slap her,” leaving marks on her legs. She claimed he also became “verbally abusive” to her. On April 22, 2020, S.K. called 911, stating Father had “attacked” her. The police arrived. A police officer saw S.K. running from the home and “crying hysterically.” The officer saw a large cup, thrown by Father, “flying through the air narrowly missing [S.K.’s] head.” Father asked the police officer for the officer’s gun. He told the officer he could not kill himself, but he said, “You guys can do it though, just end it.” “[J]ust shoot me.” The officer determined Father was suicidal and a danger to himself. Father was placed in handcuffs and transported to a hospital on a psychiatric hold. DSS filed a juvenile dependency petition alleging Father could not adequately protect or care for S.K. due to his “mental