In re M.C. CA4/2

I.

INTRODUCTION

A.C. (Father) appeals the juvenile court’s jurisdictional and dispositional orders.

We affirm.

II.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In August 2021, the Riverside County Department of Public Social Services (the 1 Department) filed a Welfare and Institutions Code section 300 petition on behalf of

Father’s six-year-old child, M.C., and his five-year-old child, J.C. The petition alleged

Father and Mother (who is not a party to this appeal) failed to protect M.C. and J.C. (§

300, subd. (b)(1)).

The petition contained eight specific allegations (b-1 through b-8) concerning

Father, Mother, or both of them. The first allegation (b-1) stated that Father failed to

appropriately supervise the children, who had to walk to school alone, because Father

was asleep. The allegation also said that while Father was asleep, J.C. played on the

couch, resulting in her falling and hitting herself on the table, which caused her to sustain

marks and bruises to her face. The second allegation (b-2) stated that Father neglected

J.C.’s medical needs, J.C. appeared malnourished, and she reported being hungry while in

his care. Father also delayed in following up on J.C.’s…