In re J.D. CA2/5

I. BACKGROUND

This is the second appeal in these dependency proceedings that commenced in juvenile court in June 2022.1 We previously affirmed the juvenile court’s disposition order in In re J.D. (Sept. 15, 2023, B323583) [nonpub. opn.]). We draw on that opinion in summarizing the facts from the initial investigation through disposition.

1 Earlier, the juvenile court sustained a different dependency petition alleging Father failed to seek timely mental health treatment for Jan.D. and Jac.D. Father was ordered to participate in drug and alcohol services, family preservation services, and individual counseling. The juvenile court terminated dependency jurisdiction about six months later, and this court dismissed as moot Father’s appeal from the juvenile court’s jurisdiction findings and disposition order. (In re G.D. (Aug. 16, 2022, B314503) [nonpub. opn.].)

2 A. Investigation, Assumption of Dependency Jurisdiction, and Disposition Jan.D. was born in 2006, Jo.D. was born in 2008, and Jac.D. was born in 2009. Father was awarded sole legal and physical custody of the minors in 2019 after the juvenile court sustained a dependency petition alleging they were at risk based on…