In re Grace H. CA2/2

Filed 11/18/21 In re Grace H. CA2/2 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS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 GRACE H., a Person B311037 Coming Under the Juvenile (Los Angeles County Court Law. Super. Ct. No. 19CCJP02992B)

LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

BRYAN H.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Debra R. Archuleta, Judge. Affirmed. Suzanne M. Davidson, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Rodrigo A. Castro-Silva, County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, and Brian Mahler, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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Appellant Bryan H. (father) appeals from the juvenile court’s February 11, 2021 order terminating jurisdiction over his daughter Grace H. (born 2018) and granting sole legal and physical custody over Grace to her mother, Yancy R. (mother). We affirm the order.

BACKGROUND Detention and Welfare and Institutions Code section 300 petition While investigating a related case in March 2019, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (the Department) received information concerning possible substance abuse by father. Mother told the Department’s social worker that father was Grace’s biological father, and that she had separated from him in January 2019. Father went to visit Grace at mother’s home on March 21, 2019, and took the child from the home without mother’s consent. Father appeared to mother to be under the influence of drugs at the time because his eyes were red and he was sweaty. Mother disclosed that she had mental and emotional health issues as well. Mother told the social worker that she was currently suffering from postpartum depression and that she had been similarly depressed after giving birth to Grace’s older half-