Ricardo C. v. Superior Court CA5

Filed 5/3/22 Ricardo C. v. Superior Court CA5

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

RICARDO C., F083803 Petitioner, (Super. Ct. No. JVDP-21-000190) v.

THE SUPERIOR COURT OF STANISLAUS OPINION COUNTY,

Respondent;

STANISLAUS COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY,

Real Party in Interest.

THE COURT* ORIGINAL PROCEEDINGS; petition for extraordinary writ review. Ann Q. Ameral, Judge. Ricardo C., in pro. per., for Petitioner. No appearance for Respondent. Thomas E. Boze, County Counsel, and Maria Elena Ratliff, Deputy County Counsel, for Real Party in Interest. -ooOoo-

* Before Levy, Acting P. J., Detjen, J. and Meehan, J.

Petitioner Ricardo C. (father), in propria persona, seeks an extraordinary writ (Cal. Rules of Court, rules 8.450−8.452)1 from the juvenile court’s orders denying him reunification services and setting a Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.262 hearing for May 9, 2022, as to his now two-year-old son, R. M.-C., Jr. (minor). Father seeks a writ directing the juvenile court to vacate the section 366.26 hearing and provide him reunification services. He contends the juvenile court erred in not notifying his family that his children were taken into protective custody3 and asserts that he wants to reunify. We deny the petition. PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL SUMMARY In September 2021, social workers from the Stanislaus County Community Services Agency (agency) responded to a referral at the home of Crystal M.-C. (mother), father’s then wife and mother of the minor and six-month-old son, J. M.-C., regarding inadequate living conditions and possible molestation of mother’s then eight-year-old daughter, A.M. As the social workers approached mother’s trailer, she arrived in a vehicle with the minor, unrestrained in the front seat. J. M.-C. had been left in the trailer for an indeterminate amount of time with A.M. who was asleep. Mother was disheveled, argumentative, confrontational, and paranoid. She claimed there were cameras watching her every move, including cameras placed in the screws in the trailer and in the air conditioning unit from which she could hear voices. She said father had been arrested on “ ‘false’ ” rape charges and she was using methamphetamine to cope. She did not allow A.M. to attend school.