In re C.C. CA2/7

INTRODUCTION

Hector C., the father of C.C. (born October 2015), appeals from the juvenile court’s order terminating his parental rights under Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26.1 Hector contends he established the beneficial parental relationship exception to the termination of his parental rights, and that the juvenile court abused its discretion in failing to apply the exception. (§ 366.26, subd. (c)(1)(B)(i).) We affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. Prior Dependency Proceedings Hector and Isabel C. are C.C.’s parents. The family was involved in dependency proceedings from 2018 to 2019 after being referred to the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (Department). In 2018, then two-year-old C.C. was removed from Hector’s custody (and also from Isabel, who is not a party to this appeal). The juvenile court sustained a section 300 petition based on domestic violence between Hector and Isabel in C.C.’s presence, Isabel’s substance abuse and mental health challenges, and it ordered reunification services.

Statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.

2 In 2019, Hector was permitted unmonitored visits, and…