In re L.H. CA2/5

INTRODUCTION

V.H. (father), the father of L.H. (born May 2010) and two of L.H.’s siblings,1 appeals from the juvenile court’s jurisdiction and disposition orders finding that he sexually abused L.H., declaring her a dependent child of the juvenile court pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivision (d),2 and placing L.H. with A.H. (mother). Father contends that there was not substantial evidence to support the juvenile court’s jurisdictional finding. We affirm the orders.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On August 29, 2015, plaintiff and respondent Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (Department) received a referral advising that five-year-old L.H. had disclosed to police that father digitally penetrated her twice when she was four years old, tried to insert his penis into her vagina when she was five years old, and inappropriately touched her on several occasions. Los Angeles County Sheriff Detective Shelby Martin interviewed L.H. The incident report of that interview provides: “[L.H. said that] [e]arly this morning she woke up to her parents arguing. She said her ‘daddy was being mean to mommy.’ She said she believed her father…