In re D.M.

Filed 11/1/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION EIGHT

In re D.M. et al., Persons Coming B312479 Under the Juvenile Court Law. LOS ANGELES COUNTY (Los Angeles County DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN Super. Ct. Nos. DK05123C-E)

AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

RICARDO M.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Stephen C. Marpet, Juvenile Court Referee. Reversed and remanded.

Christopher Blake, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Rodrigo A. Castro-Silva, County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, and Stephen Watson, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

********** Father Ricardo M. appeals the termination of parental rights to now 13-year-old D.M., 10-year-old R.M. and six-year-old I.M. He contends the juvenile court abused its discretion because it applied the wrong legal standard in finding the beneficial relationship exception to termination of parental rights did not apply. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.26, subd. (c)(1)(B)(i).) Father argues…