In re Cole Y.
Los Angeles County Department of Children & Family Services v. K.Y.
Opinion
Opinion
Bendix, J.
— K.Y. (Father) appeals from the juvenile court’s March 25, 2014 jurisdictional and dispositional orders (1) declaring five-year-old Cole Y. a dependent of the court pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivision (b) (failure to protect), (2) terminating the case with a family court order granting physical custody to the mother (Mother) and monitored visitation to Father of a minimum of four hours per week, and (3) requiring Father to complete various counseling programs as a condition to modifying the family court custody order. Mother is not a party to the appeal.
We conclude that substantial evidence supported the juvenile court’s jurisdictional order, but that the March 25, 2014 dispositional order must be reversed to the extent it conditioned the family court’s modification of the juvenile court’s custody and visitation exit order upon proof of Father’s completion of drug and parenting programs and counseling. In all other respects, the dispositional order is affirmed.
BACKGROUND
The section 300, subdivision (b) petition
On March 14, 2014, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) filed a first amended petition…