In re H.S.





















Filed 9/2/10



















CERTIFIED
FOR PUBLICATION







IN THE COURT OF
APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE
DISTRICT

(Sacramento)

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In re H.S. et al., Persons Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law.
SACRAMENTO COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. C.S., Defendant and Appellant.	C063087 (Super.Ct.No. JD227848 & JD227849)

APPEAL
from orders of the Juvenile Court
of Sacramento
County, Daniel Horton, Juvenile Court Referee. Affirmed.



Law
Office of Frank E. Dougherty and Frank E. Dougherty for Defendant and
Appellant.



Robert
A. Ryan, Jr., County Counsel, and Michelle
Ben-Hur, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.







C.S. (appellant), the father of H.S. and
S.S. (the minors), appeals from the denial of his petition to modify prior
orders of the juvenile court adjudicating the minors to be dependent
children and removing them from parental
custody. (Welf. & Inst. Code,
§§ 388, 395.)

The question posed is whether the belated
submission of an expert's opinion, formed based on evidence that was available
at the jurisdiction hearing, constitutes â€