In re A.S. CA1/2

INTRODUCTION

A. S. III (Father) appeals from the order of the juvenile court adjudging his son, then two years old, a dependent child as described in Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivision (b). and placing the child out of Father’s custody.1 Father challenges the order on the grounds that (1) the child welfare worker representing the San Francisco Human Services Agency (Agency) failed to obtain a warrant to remove the

1 All statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code, unless otherwise indicated.

1 child from his custody; (2) the evidence was insufficient to support the court’s finding of jurisdiction under section 300, subdivision (b); and (3) the evidence was insufficient to support the detention order removing the child from Father’s custody. We shall affirm the challenged orders.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Detention On August 22, 2012, Protective Services Worker Barbara Higgins went to the San Francisco home where the child had reportedly been taken by Father. Higgins was investigating a report she had received from the child’s paternal grandfather, who was concerned about the child’s safety. Father and the child had been living for a…