In Re LS

Richard B. Barron, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Minor.

OPINION

VARTABEDIAN, J. [*]

On September 13, 1984, Kern County first filed a petition with the juvenile court claiming the minor came within the provisions of subdivisions (a) and (d) of section 300 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. [1] The supplemental petition filed March 21, 1985, alleged: "Said minor's home is an unfit place for him/her by reason of neglect, cruelty, depravity or physical abuse by either of his/her parents, or by his/her guardian or other person in whose custody or care he/she is; IN THAT:

"1. Said minor stated that he has observed his father unclothed and involved in sexual molestation of several unrelated minors.

"2. Said minor's father had been convicted on several counts of felony child molestation. The conviction is currently under appeal.

"3. Said minor states that he has been sexually molested by his father.

"4. Said minor states that he has been sexually molested by his mother."

Although the child was removed from the custody of the parents in September of 1984, the jurisdictional hearing did not commence until May of 1985; after the taking of some evidence the hearing…