In re C.V. CA2/7

INTRODUCTION

Father Carlos V. appeals from the juvenile court’s jurisdiction findings and disposition order declaring his three children dependents of the court pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivisions (b)(1), (d), and (j), and removing them from his custody following allegations of sexual abuse by Carlos of his four-year-old daughter R.V.1 Carlos contends the juvenile court’s jurisdiction findings are based on uncorroborated and unreliable hearsay statements by R.V. and are not supported by substantial evidence. Carlos also challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the juvenile court’s removal of the children from his custody. While this appeal was pending, the juvenile court terminated jurisdiction with an exit order awarding sole physical custody to the children’s mother, Alexandra. We affirm the jurisdiction findings pursuant to section 300, subdivisions (d) and (j), and dismiss Carlos’s appeal from the disposition order as moot.

Undesignated statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. The 2024 Referral and Initial Investigation Carlos and Alexandra are the parents…