In re Ta.C. CA2/1

facts and procedural history accordingly. A. Dependency Proceedings Involving Father’s Other Children Before Ta.’s birth, Father was involved in dependency proceedings involving Ta.’s half-siblings, O.C. (born March 2005)

1 Mother also appealed from the jurisdiction and dispositional order, and her appointed counsel filed a brief pursuant to In re Phoenix H. (2009) 47 Cal.4th 835. The appeal was dismissed on March 7, 2023, after Mother failed to personally submit any appellate contentions for court consideration.

2 and B.C. (born February 2008). Neither of those other dependency matters involve assertions about Father’s alleged substance abuse. In 2016, the juvenile court sustained a Welfare and Institutions Code2 section 300 petition alleging Father’s mental health issues placed B.C. at risk of harm. The juvenile court subsequently terminated Father’s family reunification services and ordered a permanent plan of legal guardianship. The guardianship was later dissolved, and the juvenile court reinstated jurisdiction over B.C. in September 2021. In January 2022, DCFS filed a section 300 petition on behalf of O.C. alleging that the child’s mother emotionally abused the child,…