J.B.

FACTS

Petitioner is the biological father of minors M.W., Ja.W., and D.W. He is also the biological father of minor Jo.W., who is not a subject of the instant petition. The minors‟ mother, F.W., had been in an intermittent relationship with Valarie B. for almost 20 years and Valarie B. participated in raising the minors. That relationship finally ended around 2007 or 2008. The minors knew petitioner as their father, but he was not as involved in raising them. On October 4, 2001, petitioner appeared at the San Mateo County Department of Child Support Services and requested the department open a child support case and that the minors be genetically tested. An order for genetic testing was issued by the San Joaquin County Superior Court. The minors‟ biological mother, F.W., did not comply with the order. Eventually, on March 28, 2002, when the minors were visiting petitioner for the weekend, petitioner brought the minors M.W., Ja.W., and D.W. into child support services to have the genetic tests performed. On July 23, 2002, an individual from child support services went to F.W.‟s home and had Jo.W. swabbed for genetic testing. The genetic tests showed that petitioner is the…