Sacramento County Department of Health & Human Services v. Michael E.
Opinion
lead Opinion
Butz, J.
Appellant, Michael E., presumed father of the minor Kyle E., appeals from an order of the juvenile court terminating reunification services. *1132 (Well. & Inst. Code, §§ 366.21, subd. (f), 395.) 1 Appellant contends: (1) the juvenile court abused its discretion and violated appellant’s due process rights when it denied him reunification services pursuant to Robert L. 2 and failed to abide by the requirements of section 361.5, subdivision (b)(14); (2) there is insufficient evidence to support the juvenile court’s finding that the minor’s “injury or detrimental condition . . . would ordinarily not be sustained, except as the result of the unreasonable or neglectful acts or omissions of the parents, [S.E.] and Michael [E.] . . .”; (3) the juvenile court failed to comply with the notice requirements of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA) ( 25 U.S.C. § 1901 et seq.); (4) the juvenile court’s visitation order unlawfully delegated the responsibility for whether or not visitation would occur at all to the Sacramento County Department of Health and Human Services (the Department); and (5) there is insufficient evidence to support the juvenile court’s finding regarding…