In re I.G. CA5

INTRODUCTION

Jose G., father, appeals from the juvenile court’s order denying his petition pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 3881 and further order at the conclusion of a review hearing terminating the court’s jurisdiction. The orders pertain to father’s daughters, I.T.G., now six years old, and I.V.G., now two years old (children). Father argues the juvenile court improperly denied his section 388 petition that sought a reversal of the juvenile court’s findings from the jurisdiction hearing. Although the juvenile court denied father’s section 388 petition, within a week of the denial, the court dismissed the section 300 proceeding and terminated its jurisdiction over the children. We do not find error and affirm the orders of the juvenile court.

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

Initial Proceedings On February 19, 2013, the Stanislaus County Community Services Agency (agency) filed a section 300 petition as to father’s two daughters, who were then four years old and eleven months old. The children’s mother, J.L. (mother), has an older daughter, J.Z., who was 11 years old when the petition was filed.2 In February 2013, J.Z. made allegations that father had raped her when…