In re P.A. CA4/2

I. INTRODUCTION

Defendant and appellant P.C. (“Father”) is the alleged father of P.A., a girl born in

September 2018. Father appeals from the April 29, 2024 orders, summarily denying

Father’s Welfare and Institutions Code section 3881 petition, and the section 366.

orders terminating parental rights and placing P.A. for adoption. In his petition, Father

sought presumed father status, visitation, and reunification services for P.A.

Father claims the juvenile court abused its discretion in denying his section 388

petition, summarily and without an evidentiary hearing. He claims his petition made a

prima facie showing of new evidence, and that granting the petition may have served

P.A.’s best interests. Thus, Father argues the April 29, 2024 orders must be reversed and

the matter remanded for an evidentiary hearing on Father’s petition.

We conclude Father’s petition was properly denied without an evidentiary hearing.

Regardless of whether Father made prima facie showings of new evidence or change of

circumstances, Father did not make a prima facie showing that granting Father presumed

father status, visitation, and reunification services may have served P.A.’s best…