Riverside Cnty. Dep't of Pub. Soc. Servs. v. D.H. (In re D.H.)

*722"Principles of due process require that the juvenile court not terminate a presumed father's parental rights without first finding, by clear and convincing evidence, that the father is unfit." ( In re G.S.R. (2008) 159 Cal.App.4th 1202, 1205, 72 Cal.Rptr.3d 398 ( G.S.R. ).) In this dependency appeal, D.H., Sr. (father), the presumed father of D.H., argues the juvenile court violated due process by terminating his parental rights without making an unfitness or detriment finding against him by clear and convincing evidence at any point in the proceedings.

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