L. A. Cnty. Dep't of Children & Family Servs. v. A.S. (In re J.P.)

RUBIN, ACTING P. J.

*617When a dependency court declares children dependent and removes them from a parent's custody, is it within the court's discretion to order a reunification plan with which the parent indisputably *618cannot comply due to a language barrier? We find the answer rather self-evident and conclude that such a plan, doomed to fail, is an *750abuse of discretion. We therefore reverse the dispositional order that imposed it.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

1. Family History

In 2013, father A.S. (father) immigrated to the United States, from Myanmar, with two of his four children. His wife,…