In re K.P. CA4/2

I. INTRODUCTION

In this juvenile dependency case, respondent Riverside County Department of

Public Social Services (DPSS), removed K.P. from her parents’ home following a

domestic violence incident. DPSS filed, and the trial court sustained, a juvenile

dependency petition under Welfare and Institutions Code section 300.1 K.P. was placed

in foster care. At a six-month review hearing, the court found that returning K.P. to the

parents’ custody would create a substantial risk of detriment to K.P. and ordered her to

remain in DPSS’s custody, care, and control. Appellant, T.P. (Father), appealed this

ruling.

Thereafter, K.P. was permitted to have an extended visit with her paternal

grandmother. After the court terminated that visit and ordered K.P. be returned to

DPSS’s custody, Father appealed.

For the reasons set forth below, we reject Father’s arguments and affirm the

court’s orders.

1 All further statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code unless otherwise indicated.

2 Father filed a third notice of appeal with respect to an order made on January 29, 2013, that he complete a psychological evaluation. This court assigned the same case number to the…