In Re PA

B.A. (father) appeals an order of the juvenile court adjudging his three minor children dependents under Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivisions (b) and (d), and ordering father to participate in family reunification services. [1] On appeal, father contends the evidence was insufficient to support the allegation that father sexually abused his nine-year old daughter, P.A., or the juvenile court's finding that P.A.'s male siblings were at risk of harm. [2] We reject these claims and affirm the order.

On October 21, 2005, the Department filed a petition alleging that (1) mother and father had exposed the children to incidents of domestic violence and, on at least one occasion, father pushed and shoved mother, and (2) father had sexually abused P.A. by touching her vagina under her clothes and on top of her underwear and that such conduct placed P.A. and her two brothers at risk of harm and sexual abuse.

The detention report indicated that on October 18, 2005, a social worker responded to a call from the Los Angeles police department to investigate allegations that father had sexually abused P.A. P.A. told the social worker that father molested her on…