Alameda County Social Services Agency v. S.O.

Opinion

NEEDHAM, J.

S.O. (father) appeals from an order that terminated the dependency jurisdiction of the juvenile court over his children, T.H. and V.O., and placed them in the physical custody of their mother, S.S. (mother). (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 362.4.)1 The judgment included an exit order allowing supervised visitation by father “to be determined by the parents.” We agree with father’s claim that for all intents and purposes, this improperly delegated to mother the discretion to allow visitation.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Father and mother are now separated. Father has a history…