In re K.C. CA2/5

I. INTRODUCTION

A.C. (father) appeals from the juvenile court’s February 11, 2025, jurisdictional order declaring his daughter, K.C. (the child, born 2019), a dependent of the court under Welfare and Institutions Code section 3001 and ordering her removed from father’s custody and released to the home of mother. Father argues the court should have dismissed the section 300 petition because there was no substantial evidence that the child was at substantial risk of serious physical harm. We affirm.

II. BACKGROUND

A. 2019 Voluntary Family Maintenance

On March 29, 2019, when the child was four weeks old, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (Sheriff) responded to a call for service regarding domestic violence at the family home. According to the Sheriff’s report, father was drunk when he picked up the child and his car keys and began to leave the home.

All statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.

2 When mother tried to stop him from leaving with the child, father pushed mother down on the bed, pulled her hair, pushed her against a dresser, and slapped her face. Mother’s then 12-year- old son, M.M., witnessed the incident and ran…