Los Angeles County Department of Children & Family Services v. Tyrone M.

Tyrone M. appeals from a juvenile court order denying his request that he be designated the presumed father of minor J.H. and deeming him only an “alleged biological father.” We find the juvenile court’s parentage ruling incomplete in that it failed to determine biological paternity and therefore reverse and remand for further proceedings.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In July 2010, Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) detained then two-year-old J.H. and his eight-month-old brother. In the first version of the dependency petition, DCFS alleged the mother (mother) had suffered domestic violence at the hands of her male companions, George H. and Frederick B. According to the petition, in August 2009, George H. hit mother and fractured her face in four places. As a result *639 of this attack, George H. was arrested and charged with inflicting corporal injury to a spouse or cohabitant. The petition also alleged that mother’s abuse of marijuana rendered her incapable of providing the children with regular care and supervision, and that mother failed to take psychotropic medication to manage her mental and emotional problems. The petition…