In Re Barry W.
Opinion
Opinion
[Opinion certified for partial publication. [*] ]
OPINION
VOGEL (C.S.), J.
Donald W. appeals from orders of the juvenile court adjudging his son, Barry W., a dependent of the court and issuing guardianship letters pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 300 et seq. (All further statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code unless otherwise indicated.) In the nonpublished portion of this opinion, we reject appellant's multiple claims of error directed at the September 18, 1991, jurisdictional and dispositional hearing. In the published portion of this opinion, we reject appellant's contention that the trial court's failure to honor his request to be present at the January 15, 1992, section 326.26 hearing compels reversal of the trial court's order appointing guardians for his son, Barry W.
We provide a general summary, reserving specific details for our discussion of appellant's arguments.
On January 17, 1990, respondent filed a petition under section 300, subdivisions (a), (b), (c), (e), (g), and (i) alleging that appellant had struck his six-month-old son, Barry W., on two occasions, inflicting multiple injuries including eight fractured ribs and…