In re S.C. CA1/5

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Court of Appeal of CaliforniaSeptember 10, 2014A140001California3,507 words

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Simons, J.

discussion of those issues. Portions of this background are taken from this court’s prior decision in the same dependency matter, In re E.L. (Cal. Ct. App., July 19, 2013,

A136428) 2013 WL 3789656.

2 Father is not the father of Minor’s siblings.

1 Department (Department) had received numerous referrals regarding the family, and the Department filed a petition alleging Minor and his siblings were at substantial risk of physical harm after a home visit during which the child welfare worker saw a man in the home who appeared to be under the influence of drugs. At the jurisdictional hearing, both Mother and Father submitted to jurisdiction, and the juvenile court found true the allegations of the petition. At the dispositional hearing, Mother and Father submitted and Father was granted unsupervised visitation with Minor. Minor and his siblings remained with Mother, but subsequently moved in with the maternal grandmother in Oakland. In May 2012, the Department filed a Welfare and Institutions Code section 387 petition,3 and at the detention hearing Minor and his siblings were placed with the maternal grandmother. Father also filed a section 388 petition seeking custody of Minor; the…

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