K.W.
K.W. v. Super. Ct. CA1/1
Opinion
Opinion
Dondero, J.
INTRODUCTION
Petitioner K.W. (father) seeks extraordinary relief from an order of the San Francisco City and County Superior Court terminating his reunification services and setting a hearing under Welfare and Institutions Code1 section 366.26 to select a permanent plan for his minor son, A.W. Finding substantial evidence to support the findings challenged by father, we shall deny the petition for extraordinary writ on the merits.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On March 11, 2013, real party in interest San Francisco Human Services Agency (Agency) filed a dependency petition in the matter of A.W., born in April 1999, alleging
1 All statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code. 1 failure to supervise and protect the minor under section 300, subdivision (b). The petition notes minor was removed from father’s care on March 7, 2013, for general neglect and caretaker incapacity. According to the detention report, A.W. was removed from his parents’ care in 1999 when both parents were using methamphetamines and after A.W. was exposed to drugs in utero. As a consequence, A.W. has special needs and is significantly developmentally delayed. Father, who has sole legal…