In re Jesse R. CA2/3

INTRODUCTION

Jesse R., father of Jesse R., Jr. (age 14), J.R. (age 12), and Jimmy R. (age 8), appeals from the orders of the juvenile court removing the children from his custody (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 361, subd. (c))1 and transferring the case to Kern County, California. (§ 375.) We affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

1. The family When this dependency was initiated, the children lived with father and his wife, Beverly R., and their children Gloria R. and Kai R.2 The children’s mother, Angelica R., was living in Kern County. 2. Father’s history with Child Protective Services Father has extensive involvement with child welfare services. In 2008, the Kern County Juvenile Court declared the three children dependents because father physically abused them. The reunification plan required father to complete anger management and domestic violence classes, substance abuse counseling, and to undergo drug testing. Mother failed to reunify but the children were returned to father in December 2010. Less than a year later, child protective services in Kern County again detained the children from father, this time because he was smoking “posh,” aka, “spice.” The National Institute on…