In re C.E. CA2/3

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Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJune 30, 2016B267266California2,988 words

Opinion

Opinion

Aldrich, J.

INTRODUCTION

F.E. appeals from the order of the juvenile court at the disposition hearing that denied him visitation with his daughter C.E. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 362.1.)1 He contends that the evidence does not support the court’s finding that visitation would be detrimental to C.E. The Department of Children and Family Services (the Department) recommended supervised visitation and did not file an appellate brief in support of the challenged order. Instead, C.E. is the party defending the no-visitation order arguing the evidence is sufficient. We affirm the order.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

1. Detention The family consisted of mother Veronica R., her children Jesse and Grecia R. by another man, father, and C.E. who is father’s daughter. Grecia, an adult, has lived with father since she was five years old. The Department received a referral in May 2014, when Jesse was 14 years old and C.E. was 10, indicating that father was emotionally abusing the children. According to the caller, mother and father were “ ‘having relationship problems.’ ” Mother and C.E. went to see father, an armed security guard, at work. Father became angry, grabbed mother by the hair, pushed and…

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