JOE B. v. Superior Court
Opinion
Opinion
O'Leary, J.
Joe B. petitions for a writ of mandate ordering the juvenile court to vacate its orders of February 21, 2002, and September 20, 2001, and to issue orders providing him with reunification services in the dependency proceedings involving his nine-year-old daughter, Joy M. Joe contends the court erred by: (1) finding he was suffering from a mental disability; (2) denying him reunification services; (3) disallowing monitored telephone visitation between him and Joy; (4) finding he came within its jurisdiction under Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivision (g); and (5) scheduling a hearing under section 366.26 for termination of parental rights without providing him reunification services. We deny the petition.
Joy came to the attention of the Orange County Social Services Agency (SSA) after she was involved in a physical altercation between Joe, who had a long history of schizophrenia, and her stepmother, Cynthia B. In August 2001, the court found Joy came within the juvenile court’s jurisdiction and, over Joe’s objection, continued the matter for 30 days to obtain psychiatric evaluations.