In re Rogelio C. CA2/3

INTRODUCTION

Rogelio C., Sr. (father) appeals from the order of the juvenile court entered at the six-month review hearing (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.21, subd. (e))1 terminating its dependency jurisdiction over 12-year-old Rogelio C., Jr. (the child) (§ 364). We affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In June 2012, the Los Angeles Police and the FBI Violent Gang Task Force arrested father on charges of kidnapping, sexual assault, and murder of a minor in 2001. The Multi-Agency Response Team, of which the Department of Children and Family Services (the Department) is a member, conducted an investigation into allegations of felony child endangerment at father’s house. The Department detained the child and filed a petition under section 300, subdivision (b) alleging that in 2011 and 2012 father placed the child in a detrimental and endangering situation in that father exposed the child to gang members in the child’s home, and caused father’s female companion and active gang member, Sindy A., to reside in the child’s home and have unlimited access to the child. The juvenile court appointed counsel to represent father. The Department filed an amended petition (the amended…