L. A. Cnty. Dep't of Children & Family Servs. v. R.C. (In re Isabella M.)

*540 R.C., the alleged father of Isabella M., was incarcerated from the time of her birth until she was 20 months old. The juvenile court denied R.C.'s petition to adjust his parental status from alleged to presumed father and thereafter terminated his parental rights. R.C. appeals from both orders. We affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Isabella was born in June 2014 to Bridgett M., whose 16-month-old son, Andrew M., had been detained in July 2013 by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (Department) based in part on Bridgett's illicit drug use. In detaining Isabella under Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivision (b)(1), 1 the Department alleged that Bridgett had a history of substance abuse and was a current abuser of methamphetamine, which she had used consistently while pregnant with Isabella, 2 and that Andrew was a current dependent of the juvenile court for similar reasons. The petition did not identify R.C. as an offending parent. At the June 25, 2014 detention hearing the juvenile court found R.C. to be Isabella's alleged father and issued a statewide jail removal order to allow R.C. to attend the jurisdiction hearing…