In re A.H. CA2/4

INTRODUCTION

The juvenile court exercised jurisdiction over A.H. and B.H., the children of M.H. (mother)1 and D.H. (father), under Welfare and Institutions Code2 section 300, subdivisions (a) and (b). The juvenile court found the children were at substantial risk of serious physical harm due to their parents’ history of domestic violence and mother’s abuse of alcohol. The juvenile court removed the children from their parents and ordered father to participate in individual counseling, parenting classes, a domestic violence program, a psychological evaluation if his therapist deemed it appropriate, and weekly and random drug testing. It further ordered that if father had any unexcused missed tests, the Department of Children and Family Services (Department) could request an order requiring him to participate in a full drug treatment program with further testing, and that if father had any “dirty” tests, he would be required to participate in a full drug treatment program with further testing. On appeal, father solely challenges the portions of the dispositional order regarding his participation in drug testing and a full drug treatment program. He argues that because the record…