Los Angeles County Department of Children & Family Services v. Alejandro S.

Opinion

MANELLA, J.

Appellant Alejandro S. appeals the dispositional order detaining his two young sons, Alexis and Alejandro, and limiting appellant to monitored visitation with them. Appellant contends that evidence he inappropriately touched the boys’ adolescent half sister, E.G., did not support that the *50boys were at risk of sexual abuse or otherwise justify the dispositional order. We agree and reverse the dispositional order only.1

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Appellant and the children’s mother (Mother) have been together as a couple since 2000, when E.G. was approximately one year…