In re B.F. CA2/3

INTRODUCTION

Appellant T.J., who is the maternal uncle of the dependent minor, B.F., appeals the juvenile court’s summary denial of his petition for a change of court order under Welfare and Institutions Code1 section 388. T.J. contends that the court abused its discretion in failing to issue an order allowing him to live with B.F. and her caretaker and to transport the minor. He further contends that he should be granted a criminal records exemption and that the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (the Department) was estopped from denying him an exemption because a social worker purportedly promised him that he would receive Resource Family Approval (RFA) and be permitted to reside with the minor if he signed an affidavit. We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On August 30, 2023, T.J. filed a request to change a court order concerning his niece, B.F., under section 388. He identified the order as the social worker’s statement that “if the maternal uncle is around the child, the child will be removed from her current placement and put in foster care.” In his petition, T.J. claimed that he “obtained a residence based on the RFA . . . social worker…