In re S.B. CA4/2

I.

INTRODUCTION

Defendant and appellant E.B. (Father) is the father of S.B., a daughter born in July

2016. Father appeals from the juvenile court’s August 15, 2023

jurisdictional/dispositional orders adjudicating S.B. a dependent of the court (Welf. & 1 Inst. Code, § 300, subds. (b), (g)), removing S.B. from parental custody (§ 361, subd.

(c)(1)), and ordering Father to complete a domestic violence program, among other 2 services. Father requests this court’s review of only a portion of the jurisdictional

allegation pertaining to his conduct even though independent, unchallenged grounds exist

for the court’s dependency jurisdiction over the child based on Mother’s conduct. Father

claims insufficient evidence supports the court’s jurisdictional finding against him and

that the court abused its discretion in requiring him to complete a domestic violence

program. We conclude insufficient evidence supports the one jurisdictional finding

against Father and reverse the jurisdictional and dispositional orders as to Father, but

affirm the court’s jurisdictional and dispositional orders as to Mother.

1 All future statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code…