In re Destiny V. CA2/8

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION EIGHT

In re DESTINY V., a Person Coming B308299 Under the Juvenile Court Law. (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. 20CCJP04335A) LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DAVID V. Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Nichelle Blackwell, Judge Pro Tempore. Affirmed.

Benjamin Ekenes, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Rodrigo A. Castro-Silva, County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, and Stephanie Jo Reagan, Principal Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. _______________________

David V. (Father) appeals from the dispositional orders of the juvenile court with respect to his daughter, Destiny V. He also challenges one of the court’s jurisdictional findings. We decline to address Father’s challenge to the jurisdictional finding, conclude his appeal of the placement order for Destiny V. is moot, and affirm the order requiring him to undergo a drug treatment program. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Destiny V. is the daughter of Father and Norma B. (Mother). In a first amended petition, the Department of Children and Family Services alleged that Destiny V. came within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court under Welfare and Institutions Code1 section 300, subdivisions (b) (failure to protect) and (j) (sibling abuse). As to Mother, the petition alleged Mother’s substance abuse and mental and emotional health problems rendered her incapable of providing regular care and supervision to Destiny V., subjecting her to risk of physical harm (counts b-1 and b-2), and several of Mother’s other children had been abused or neglected (count j-1). As to Father, the petition alleged his substance abuse rendered him incapable of providing regular care and supervision to Destiny V., placing her at risk of harm (count b-3). At adjudication, the juvenile court sustained all four allegations of the petition and declared Destiny V. to be a dependent child of the juvenile court. The juvenile court removed Destiny V. from Mother’s custody, declined to place her with