In Re Brandon C.

I. Introduction

In No. A058473, appellant Jerry C. seeks review of the jurisdictional and dispositional orders by which his children, Brandon and Summer, were declared dependents of the juvenile court and removed from his care and custody pending successful completion of a reunification plan. Appellant contends that he was deprived of due process when the trial court allowed the Sonoma County Department of Social Services (the department) to add an allegation of anal sexual abuse of both children to its petitions, which already described other specific instances of sexual abuse. Appellant also argues that the evidence of sexual abuse—which included an eyewitness account by his sister, Canada C., of an instance of molestation of Summer— was not sufficient to support the juvenile court’s jurisdictional and dispositional orders. Appellant further contends that the juvenile court’s visitation order unlawfully delegated the court’s authority to set the frequency and length of visits between appellant and his children. In the unpublished portion of our opinion, we reject appellant’s due process claim and conclude that there was substantial evidence of sexual abuse of both…