In re Valerie R. CA2/2

Filed 11/23/22 In re Valerie R. CA2/2 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS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 VALERIE R., a Person B320739 Coming Under the Juvenile (Los Angeles County Super. Court Law. Ct. No. 19CCJP05652A)

LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

JONATHAN R.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from the order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Lisa A. Brackelmanns, Judge Pro Tempore. Affirmed.

Ernesto Paz Rey, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Dawyn R. Harrison, Acting County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, and Peter Ferrera, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

****** Jonathan R. (father) challenges the juvenile court’s order terminating his parental rights over his daughter Valerie R., claiming that the court relied on an improper factor in rejecting his request to apply the beneficial parent-child relationship exception (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.26, subd. (c)(1)(B)(i)).1 We conclude there was no error, and affirm. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND I. Facts Valerie was born in 2012 to Jasmine G. (mother) and father. In 2013, father dragged mother outside of the family house, inflicted red marks on her face, and threatened to kill mother and take Valerie away from her; Valerie, then a toddler, was present for the incident. The juvenile court exerted dependency jurisdiction over Valerie and, in 2015, terminated jurisdiction