In re J.R.

Filed 8/23/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

In re J.R., a Person Coming B314532 Under the Juvenile Court Law. (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. 19CCJP04863)

LOS ANGELES COUNTY

DEPARTMENT OF

CHILDREN AND FAMILY

SERVICES,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

JOSE G.,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Terry T. Truong, Temporary Judge. Conditionally reversed and remanded with instructions. Carol A. Koenig, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Dawyn R. Harrison, Acting County Counsel, Kim Nemoy, Assistant County Counsel, and Aileen Wong, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. ____________________

Father appeals from the juvenile court’s order terminating his and mother’s parental rights and finding that the child, J.R., was adoptable. We conditionally reverse that order because the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS or the agency) violated mother’s due process rights. The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that “[n]o…