In re Katherine J.

Filed 1/20/22; Modified and Certified for Pub. 2/17/22 (order attached)

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

In re KATHERINE J., B313191

a Person Coming Under the (Los Angeles County Juvenile Court Law. Super. Ct. No. DK17951)

LOS ANGELES COUNTY

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN

AND FAMILY SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

NICHOLAS J.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Linda Sun, Judge. Affirmed. Donna B. Kaiser, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Rodrigo A. Castro-Silva, County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, and Peter Ferrera, Principal Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. _____________________

The question raised by this appeal is whether the juvenile court properly concluded that Nicholas J. (father) had failed to prove that a “beneficial parental relationship” under Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26, subdivision (c)(1)(B)(i)1 existed between him and his eight-year-old daughter, Katherine J., when…