In re Xavier M.
Filed 3/22/06 In re Xavier M. CA2/7
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION SEVEN
| In re XAVIER M. et al., Persons Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. | B181587 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. CK56860) |
| LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOSE M., Defendant and Appellant. |
APPEAL from orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, S. Patricia Spear, Judge. Affirmed.
Judy Weissberg-Ortiz, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
Raymond G. Fortner, Jr., County Counsel, Larry Cory, Assistant County Counsel, William D. Thetford, Senior Deputy County Counsel.
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Jose M., the father of Xavier M. and Lissette M., appeals from the juvenile court's orders made at the jurisdiction and disposition hearing declaring Xavier and Lissette dependent children of the court pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivisions (b), (d) and (j),[1] and ordering the children placed in the home of their mother under the supervision of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (Department). Jose M. argues the evidence is insufficient to support the juvenile court's jurisdiction findings. We affirm.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Jose M. and Belle M., the parents of eight-year-old Xavier and seven-year-old Lissette, divorced in 2002 after seven years of marriage. Pursuant to the terms of a family law order, Jose M. and Belle M. share legal custody of the children; but the children's primary residence was with Jose M.
Jose M. and Monica M. married on September 18, 2004 after dating for four or five months. At that time Monica M. and her five-year-old daughter Jasmine O. moved into Jose M.'s home.
1. The Sexual Abuse Incident and the Department's Section 300 Petition
On Monday, September 27, 2004 Jasmine told her mother Jose M. had bitten her â€
