In re M.T
Filed 3/21/06 In re M.T. CA2/4
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION FOUR
| In re M.T. II, et al., Persons Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. | B185721 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. CK59191) |
| LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. M.T., Defendant and Appellant. |
APPEAL from orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, D. Zeke Zeidler, Judge. Affirmed.
Leslie A. Barry for Defendant and Appellant.
Raymond G. Fortner, Jr., County Counsel, Larry Cory, Assistant County Counsel, and Frank J. DaVanzo, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
Father, M.T.appeals from a juvenile court jurisdiction order regarding his four minor children and an order requiring him to participate in domestic violence counseling. We conclude that the jurisdiction order is supported by substantial evidence, and that the juvenile court properly exercised its discretion in ordering counseling in light of the history of domestic violence and the risk of reoccurring violence. Accordingly, we affirm.
FACTS
Father has four children with his former wife, W.B. They are M.T. II (born in 1992), May. T. (born in 1993), Maryana T. (born in 1994), and Mustafa T. (born in 1999). The parents divorced in 2001 and the children remained with their mother. Father moved to Stockton.
On May 25, 2005, the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) filed a petition under Welfare and Institutions Code section 300[1] alleging that then 13-year-old M.T. II was physically abused by his mother.[2] Count b-4 of the petition alleges that the children's parents have a history of â€
