In re Tanner B. CA2/7

INTRODUCTION

In his first appeal (B253597), Kenneth B. (father) challenges the dependency court’s November 6, 2013 order placing his four minor children, Tanner B.,1 Chance B., Pamela B., and Garrett B.2 with the Department of Children and Family Services (the Department) for suitable placement. Kenneth, the children’s noncustodial parent at the time of the November 6, 2013 hearing, argues the court failed to make the requisite detriment finding under Welfare and Institutions Code section 361.2, subdivision (a)3 before placing his children with the Department. In his second appeal (B258789), Kenneth challenges the court’s August 19, 2014 jurisdictional order issued under a subsequent dependency petition (§ 342) filed by the Department on May 22, 2014, through which his children were adjudged dependents of the court after the court sustained the petition’s allegation that his history of amphetamine and methamphetamine use placed his children at risk of harm. Father argues the jurisdictional order is not supported by substantial evidence. We reverse both orders.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL SUMMARY

1. The Original Dependency Petition (§ 300) On October 1, 2012, the Department filed a…