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

*616 Al.M. (father) sexually abused A.M. (minor) and the juvenile court issued a two-year restraining order prohibiting father from having any visitation or contact with minor. Father appeals the portion of the restraining order denying him any contact, claiming it is not supported by substantial evidence. We find no error and affirm.

FACTS

Minor was born in November 2005.

The evidence in the dependency proceeding below established that father and C.M. (mother) periodically lived together for short periods of time during an on and off relationship. They were never married. When they were apart, he would occasionally visit minor and stay overnight at mother's house. In October 2007, when minor was almost two years old, she pointed to her vagina and buttock and said, "Papi aqui."

In July 2009, minor told mother that father bit her while on a bed, and then said that father touched her private parts over her clothing. She said that father licked her vagina five times, and that it was underneath her underwear. There was a subsequent investigation, and the allegation was substantiated. The police thought minor was repeating something that she had heard on television and dropped…