Los Angeles County Department of Children & Family Services v. Craig C.

*75 Opinion

Craig C. (Father) appeals from the jurisdictional and dispositional orders issued by the juvenile court. He contends the petition fails to state a cause of action and there is insufficient evidence to sustain the court’s jurisdictional findings. We affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Father and his ex-wife E.C. (Mother) 1 are the parents of seven children: a son, Christopher (bom in 1994), twin sons, William and Kyle (bom in 1999), and quadruplets, Brittany, Heidi, Collette, and Wesley (bom in 2001). The family has been the subject of 30 referrals to the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). Three led to voluntary family maintenance services and one led to a dependency court case in 2004.

The family came to the attention of DCFS in the current case in October of 2008. As the investigation unfolded, some of the children alleged that Father sexually abused them and that their siblings engaged in substantial sexual conduct. One accused his brother of sexually abusing him in Father’s presence. The children who did not accuse Father of abuse claimed that Mother physically abused them and coached them to tell lies against Father.…