In re S.O. CA2/6

background. In his opening brief, father also seeks to augment the record from his prior appeal in case number B344842. Pursuant to local rule 9, we grant father’s request and augment the record accordingly. (Ct. App., Second Dist., Local Rules of Ct., rule 9.)

2 history. The department also alleged S.O. was without provision for support because father was unknown. At the time of S.O.’s birth, father was incarcerated. He sent four letters to the department claiming to be the biological father of S.O., requesting a DNA test to establish his paternity, and asserting his desire to have custody of S.O. After DNA test results established that father was S.O.’s biological father, the department filed an amended petition and included new allegations related to father, including that he had been incarcerated for the duration of the case, was unavailable to be protective of the child, and had left S.O. without any provision for support. Prior to the jurisdiction and disposition hearing, the department social worker met separately with father and mother. Father admitted that he had “put his hands” on mother in the past but had “decided within himself” he would not do it again. Father also…