R.G.
Los Angeles County Department of Children & Family Services v. R.G.
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Chaney, J.
R.G. (Mother) and E.C. (Father) appeal from juvenile court jurisdictional and dispositional orders as to minors D.G. and L.C. stemming from Father’s attempts to solicit sex from D.G. They contend that Father’s solicitation of sex from one of the children neither constituted abuse of that child nor placed either child at risk of harm. We conclude substantial evidence supports the orders as to both children and affirm.
BACKGROUND
The dependency petition involves Mother, her two daughters, then 16-year-old D.G. and 11-year-old L.C., and Father, who has lived with Mother off and on since D.G. was two years old. He is the Father of L.C. but not D.G.
The 2007 Petition
In 2007, when D.G. was 12 and L.C. was seven, it was reported that Father had struck the elder child several times with a belt, causing her to sustain *1566 welts, and had sexually abused her, including by soliciting sex from her. The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS or the department) conducted interviews to substantiate the allegations and filed a dependency petition. Father was arrested.