In re A.G. CA1/2

Filed 6/15/21 In re A.G. CA1/2 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.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

FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION TWO

In re A.G., et al., Persons Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law.

HUMBOLDT COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Plaintiff and Respondent, A161043

v. (Humboldt County Alan G., Super. Ct. Nos. JV190021/ JV200017) Defendant and Appellant.

Alan G. (Father) appeals from the juvenile court’s findings and order denying him visitation with his children. We dismiss the appeal as moot. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Father lived with his wife (Mother), their young child (Minor), and Mother’s older children (Minor’s half-siblings). In October 2018, Mother reported that Father was sexually molesting Mother’s 14-year-old daughter (Father’s stepdaughter). Mother told a social worker that after she confronted Father about the abuse, he ran away and had not returned to the

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house. The 14-year-old stepdaughter reported that Mother blamed her for ruining Mother’s life and destroying her marriage. In January 2019, the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services (Department) filed a dependency petition on behalf of Minor, then two years old, alleging, among other things, that she was at substantial risk of harm under Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivision (j) (§ 300(j)). The Department filed an amended petition in March 2019, alleging Minor was “at substantial risk of harm due to how the mother did not protect the child’s half-sibling . . . from sexual abuse by the child’s father. . . . [M]other allowed [Father] to come to the family home while [the 14-year-old stepdaughter] was there in November 2018” and the stepdaughter felt “hurt and hopeless” following her interactions with Mother. Father’s whereabouts were unknown to the Department. After a contested hearing on jurisdiction, the juvenile court sustained the petition, finding Minor was described by section 300(j). In an uncontested hearing on disposition, the court declared Minor a dependent of the court, placed Minor with Mother, and ordered family maintenance services for Mother. Father was not present and was not represented by counsel at either hearing, and his whereabouts were still unknown. In April 2019, Mother gave birth to another child; Father was the father of the baby.1 In November 2019, Father surrendered himself to the Humboldt County Correctional Facility. Later that month, Father appeared at a maintenance review hearing for Minor. (It was reported that Father was being held on criminal charges related to the alleged sexual abuse of his