In re B.T. CA3

Filed 7/5/22 In re B.T. CA3 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published,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 This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8.1115.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 THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT (Sacramento) ----

In re B.T., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court C094749 Law.

SACRAMENTO COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF (Super. Ct. No. JD240034) CHILD, FAMILY AND ADULT SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

K.T.,

Defendant and Appellant.

Appellant K.T., father of the minor B.T. and one of her three siblings, appeals from the juvenile court’s order terminating reunification services following a contested permanency hearing. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.22.)1 He contends there was not substantial evidence to support a finding that reasonable services had been provided as

1 Further undesignated statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.

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the Sacramento County Department of Child, Family and Adult Services (Department) failed to facilitate father’s visitation with the minor. We shall affirm the order. I. BACKGROUND A. Initial Dependency Proceedings On August 19, 2019, the Department filed a petition alleging the minor, then eight years old, was described pursuant to section 300, subdivision (b), in that, L.C., mother of the minor, failed to protect her and her siblings by engaging in domestic violence with her husband in the presence of the minor and her siblings. On the same date, the Department filed a request to place B.T. and her siblings into protective custody due to the ongoing domestic violence in the home, which was granted. On August 21, 2019, the Department filed a detention report requesting that the juvenile court order out-of-home placement of B.T. pending the jurisdiction/disposition hearing. B.T. reported seeing her stepfather choke mother when she was present. Father was contacted and reported he had concerns as he had not heard from mother since approximately August 5, 2019. Father stated he saw B.T. approximately two to three times per month and he spoke with her by telephone or text message regularly. On August 21, 2019, the juvenile court found father to be the provisionally presumed father of B.T. and her sibling A.T. On August 27, 2019, the juvenile court ordered out-of-home placement of the child pending the jurisdiction/disposition hearing. B. Jurisdiction and Disposition The jurisdiction/disposition report was filed on September 11, 2019. The report noted that father was ordered to receive visitation a minimum of two times per week, and he had been visiting with the children at the home of the maternal grandmother with no concerns. Visits were to be arranged and directed by the Department, supervised at the Department’s discretion, and third party authorized. The Department also recommended the juvenile court sustain the petition, order out-of-home placement, and provide reunification services to mother and father. On September 17, 2019, the juvenile court