In re M.O. CA2/2

Filed 3/17/23 In re M.O. CA2/2 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS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 M.O. et al., Persons Coming B318783 Under the Juvenile Court Law.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, 20CCJP06646A-B)

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

I.S.,

Defendant and Appellant;

B.G.,

Defendant and Respondent.

APPEAL from orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Gabriela H. Shapiro, Judge Pro Tempore. Affirmed.

Jacques Alexander Love and Jack A. Love, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Dawyn R. Harrison, Interim County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, and Navid Nakhjavani, Principal County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. Michelle D. Peña, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Respondent.

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The juvenile court terminated jurisdiction after giving mother sole legal and physical custody of daughters M.O. and J.O. and issuing an order allowing father monitored visitation. Father appeals from the orders terminating jurisdiction and imposing monitored visitation, arguing they amounted to an abuse of discretion. We disagree and affirm. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND A. Events Preceding the Detention Hearing I.S. (Father) and B.G. (Mother) lived separately. Their daughters M.O. (born 2019) and J.O. (born 2020) resided with Mother and maternal grandmother. Father lived with friends. In August and September 2020, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (Department) received referrals alleging general neglect and/or abuse by one or both parents or maternal grandmother. The referrals were unfounded. A Department social worker determined the allegations stemmed from the ongoing conflict between the parents over child visitation. Both parents were repeatedly advised to resolve their differences in family court through