In re E.H. CA4/2

I. INTRODUCTION

Appellant D.H. (Father) is the father of E.H. Father appeals from the October 4,

2023 jurisdictional findings and dispositional orders, adjudicating E.H. a dependent of the

juvenile court and removing E.H. from Father’s care. (Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 300, 361,

395.)1 Father claims: (1) insufficient evidence supports the court’s jurisdictional

findings that Father had sexually abused E.H., and there was a substantial risk Father

would continue to sexually abuse E.H. (§ 300, subds. (b)(1), (d)), (2) the court abused its

discretion in removing E.H. from Father’s care, and (3) the court denied Father due

process in excluding evidence at the jurisdictional and disposition hearing. We find no

merit to these claims and affirm the challenged orders.

II. FACTS AND PROCEDURE

A. Background

E.H. was born in May 2010. From January 2011 to February 2023, Father and

E.H.’s mother, C.C. (Mother),2 engaged in extensive family court litigation over custody

of E.H. and allegations that Father sexually abused E.H. Between March 2013 and June

2019, respondent Department of Public Social Services (DPSS) received several referrals

alleging Father sexually abused E.H., and…