In re T.S.
Filed 1/10/07 In re T.S. CA3
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT
(Sacramento)
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In re T.S. et al., Persons Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. | |
SACRAMENTO COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. D.S. et al., Defendants and Appellants. | C052231 (Super. Ct. Nos. JD223441, JD223442, JD223443) |
J.Z. and D.S. (appellants), the mother and father of T.S., D.S., and Ty.S. (the minors), appeal from the juvenile court's jurisdictional and dispositional orders. (Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 360, subd. (d), 395; further section references are the Welfare and Institutions Code unless otherwise specified.) Appellants claim there was insufficient evidence to support the jurisdictional findings and the removal of the minors from appellants' custody. We disagree and shall affirm the orders.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
In December 2005, juvenile dependency petitions concerning the minors, nine-year-old T.S., 14-year-old D.S. and 15-year-old Ty.S., were filed by the Sacramento County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) based on appellants' failure to protect the minors (§ 300, subd. (b)) and appellants' abuse of a sibling of the minors (§ 300, subd. (j)). In relevant part, the petitions alleged the minors' father had an anger management problem in that he used excessive discipline on the minors and had recently hit D.S. with a belt on his arm and Ty.S. in the face. The petitions also alleged that appellants had engaged in instances of domestic violence in the presence of the minors and that the minors' father had hit the mother on the head and pushed her on more than one occasion.[1] The minors were ordered removed from appellants' home and placed with the paternal grandmother.[2]
According to the social worker's jurisdictional report, about a month before the filing of the petitions, Ty.S., who is deaf, arrived at school crying and reported that the father had hit him in the face. Ty.S. had noticeable marks on his face. Ty.S. said his aunt thought he was attempting to steal her jacket, and he tried to explain he was borrowing it but his family does not know sign language. A couple of days later, Ty.S. came to school with a note the father had written him stating that the police and school were â€
