R.M.

San Diego County Health And Human Services Agency v. R.M.

Good Law
109 Cal. Rptr. 3d 882·185 Cal. App. 4th 48·2010 Cal. App. LEXIS 775
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaMay 27, 2010No. D056110California8,858 words

Opinion

lead Opinion

Aaron, J.

INTRODUCTION

R.M. appeals jurisdictional and dispositional orders in which the trial court found that R.M.’s children were children described by Welfare and Institutions Code 1 section 300, subdivision (d) or (j), and removed the children from parental custody under section 361.5, subdivision (c).

We conclude that there is substantial evidence to support the trial court’s findings that R.M.’s husband, George R., Sr., 2 sexually abused R.M.’s two oldest daughters, Guadalupe R. and Maria R., within the meaning of section 300, subdivision (d), and that R.M.’s daughter, Kelly R., was at substantial risk of being sexually abused within the meaning of section 300, subdivision (j). We further conclude that there is substantial evidence to support the trial court’s findings that returning Guadalupe, Maria and Kelly to the home would pose a substantial danger to their physical health, safety or well-being, and that there were no reasonable means to protect their physical health without removing them from the home. (§ 361, subd. (c)(1).)

With respect to R.M.’s son, George R., Jr., we conclude that there is not substantial evidence to support the trial court’s finding that he was…

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