San Diego County Health & Human Services Agency v. Kevin M.

Kevin M. appeals the jurisdictional and dispositional orders of the juvenile court adjudging his daughter, N.M., a dependent child under Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivision (a), 1 and removing N.M. from his parental custody pursuant to section 361, subdivision (c)(1). Kevin contends substantial evidence does not support the jurisdictional finding and the dispositional orders. Kevin also contends the court erred by refusing to implement a voluntary case plan rather than declaring N.M. a dependent child.

FACTS

On April 23, 2010, Kevin drove N.M., then 11 years old, to school. After getting out of Kevin’s pickup truck, N.M. reached into the cargo area for her *163 backpack. While she was doing so, Kevin started to drive away. N.M. and an adult at the school yelled at Kevin to stop, but Kevin did not hear them. The truck went over the curb, and N.M. feared the truck would ran over her foot. The track did not ran over N.M.’s foot and she was not injured. When Kevin stopped the track, he was confronted by the adult who had yelled as she witnessed the incident. Kevin told her to mind her own business. The incident was reported to the San Diego County Health…