W.M.

INTRODUCTION

W.M. (petitioner) is the biological father of D.T. He petitions this court for extraordinary relief from the juvenile court’s order of October 29, 2014, denying his request for modification of the court’s prior orders and setting a permanency planning hearing. (Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 388, 366.26)1 W.M. contends the court abused its discretion in refusing to grant him presumed father status pursuant to Adoption of Kelsey S. (1992) 1 Cal.4th 816 (Kelsey S.) On December 5, 2014, this court stayed the permanency planning hearing pending further order of this court and, on January 8, 2015,

1 Unless otherwise indicated, all further statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code. issued an order to show cause why the petition should not be granted. After careful consideration of the record and the parties’ contentions, we deny petitioner’s request for extraordinary relief on the merits, affirm the juvenile court’s orders, and dissolve the stay forthwith. This decision is final in this court immediately. (Cal. Rules of Court, rules 8.452(i), 8.490(b)(2)(A).)

STATEMENT OF HISTORICAL AND PROCEDURAL FACTS

D.T. was born February 26, 2011. D.T.’s mother (mother)…