In re T.D. CA2/2

Filed 4/26/21 In re T.D. CA2/2 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS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 TWO

In re T.D., a Person Coming Under B305686 the Juvenile Court Law.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY (Los Angeles County DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN Super. Ct. No. 19CCJP03253) AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

HENRY L.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, D. Brett Bianco, Judge. Affirmed. Cristina Gabrielidis, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Rodrigo A. Castro-Silva, County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, and Tracey Dodds, Principal Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Appellant Henry L., the noncustodial presumed father of dependent child T.D., appeals the juvenile court’s denial of his request to move T.D. to Arizona under the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC). (Fam. Code, § 7900 et seq.) The court found that T.D. is likely to reunify with his custodial parent, E.D. (Mother), and moving T.D. from California would prevent reunification. Moreover, the record does not show that a relative requested placement of T.D. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 361.3, subd. (a).)1 We see no abuse of discretion and affirm. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY2 T.D. was born in 2011. He and his half-siblings K.R. (born in 2014) and P.R. (2015) lived with Mother in California. Appellant resides in Arizona. In March 2019, the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) learned that T.D. often missed school and was “scared for his life.” T.D. said Mother snorts white powder and smokes marijuana, his family has “a tough life” and lacks a stable home. He worries about Mother’s seizures and fears Mother, who hit him with cords, a metal spatula, a toilet paper roll and her hands. (In re K.R., supra, B300269.) In May 2019, DCFS was alerted that T.D. was crying in class, saying “he just wanted to die.” He was frightened because Mother is absent from home all night, leaving him to care for