In re Z.P. CA4/2

INTRODUCTION

K.M. (father) appeals from an order of the juvenile court finding that he possessed

firearms in violation of a restraining order. He contends the court misunderstood the law

as prohibiting access to firearms, when the law only prohibits possession or ownership of

firearms. He also argues the evidence was insufficient to show he possessed firearms at

the time the restraining order was in effect. We affirm.

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On April 4, 2023, the Riverside County Department of Public Social Services

(DPSS) filed a Welfare and Institutions Code1 section 300 petition with regard to 15-

year-old Z.T.P., 11-year-old Z.L.P., and 5-year-old K.S.M. (the children). The petition

stated that R.S. (mother) was the children’s mother, father was K.S.M.’s father, and the

father of Z.T.P. and Z.L.P. was deceased. The petition alleged that the children came

within the provisions of section 300, subdivisions (a) (serious physical harm), (b) (failure

to protect), and (j) (abuse of sibling). The specific allegations included claims that father

abused Z.T.P. by choking him and slamming him against a wall; father and mother had a

history of domestic violence; and father…