In re C.V. CA4/2

I.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The facts of the dependency itself are irrelevant to the limited issues involved in

this appeal and need not be repeated here. In September 2024, the juvenile court found

true allegations of neglect and that the child was at risk of abuse, declared the child to be

a dependent of the court, and ordered the child removed from his parents’ custody and

placed in the custody of CFS. CFS was directed to provide the parents with reunification

services, and the juvenile court set a six-month review hearing.

On February 7, 2025, CFS filed a request for specific nonroutine medical surgical

treatment. A supporting declaration from the child’s treating physician, Dr. Chau,

indicated the child had been diagnosed with penile chordee,1 penile torsion, and dysuria.

1 Curvature of the penis. (Stedman’s Concise Medical Dict. (2d ed. 1994) p. 192, col. 1.)

2 Difficult or painful urination. (Stedman’s Concise Medical Dict., supra, at p. 314, col. 1.)

2 The recommended treatment was penile chordee repair, phalloplasty, and circumcision,

under general and causal anesthesia, to correct the curvature of the penis and remove the

foreskin. Dr. Chau opined…