In re Julian S. CA2/8

Filed 3/30/22 In re Julian S. CA2/8 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS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 EIGHT

In re JULIAN S. et al., Persons B311604 Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. Los Angeles County ______________________________ Super. Ct. No. 20CCJP05404A-B LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

J.C.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Annabelle G. Cortez, Judge. Affirmed. Gina Zaragoza, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Rodrigo A. Castro-Silva, County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, and David Michael Miller, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. ____________________ The juvenile court terminated jurisdiction with an order granting a father sole physical custody and granting joint legal custody. The mother appeals. The court did not abuse its discretion by terminating jurisdiction rather than ordering reunification services. The child was safe with the father. The court had broad discretion to make custody orders in the child’s best interests. Its order granting joint legal custody was appropriate. We affirm. Citations to statutes are to the Welfare and Institutions Code. I The mother has two children with Angel M.: Julian S. (born in September 2013 and presently eight years old) and Lucas M. (born in April 2020). Although the mother named both children in the notice of appeal and in her appellate briefs, her appeal focuses only on the court’s termination of jurisdiction over Julian and custody orders involving Julian. When Julian was born, the mother was in a relationship with James S., who cared for Julian and raised him as a son. Julian calls James “Dad” and his “real father.” The court found James to be Julian’s presumed father. Accordingly, we refer to James as the “father,” despite the fact Angel M. is Julian’s biological father. Before the juvenile court proceedings, the mother and father participated in family law proceedings involving Julian. In December 2019, a family law court gave the mother primary physical custody of Julian. It granted the father unmonitored