Department of Children's Services v. Luis A.

Opinion

BOREN, J.

In this dependency case, we conclude that substantial evidence supports the juvenile court’s assertion of jurisdiction over the minor children, and its dispositional orders.

Facts

On March 29, 1991, respondent department of children’s services (the Department) filed a petition seeking to have Dorinda and Edwin A. and their two siblings declared dependent children of the court pursuant to section 300 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.1 The amended petition alleged that the minor children’s natural father, appellant Luis A., sexually abused Dorinda; that the minors were exposed…